You Bet Your Stretch Marks: Finding Beauty and Worth in the Ways Motherhood Marks Our Bodies and Souls

Bestselling author Abbie Halberstadt offers encouragement and insight for mamas struggling to remain engaged and hopeful amid the challenges of motherhood.

It's easy to be grateful for motherhood when your child is writing "best mama ever" on your birthday card or giving you a great, big hug. But how about when you're scrubbing crayon marks off the wall for the third time in a week or tussling with your teen about curfew . . . again?

The all-in enterprise called parenting will test your patience and stretch your capacity like nothing else, but mama-of-ten Abbie Halberstadt is here to remind you that having children is a calling you should never, ever regret or apologize to anyone for.

With her trademark candor, relatable humor, and biblically based insight, Abbie will help you keep your eyes fixed on Jesus as you navigate the sometimes-murky waters of motherhood.

Even with an eyes-up approach, will you still struggle? Yep.

Will it be painful and hard at times? Without a doubt.

But will it be worth it? For you? For them? You bet your stretch marks!


Author: Abbie Halberstadt
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
Published: 09/02/2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.1lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.80w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780736986779

About the Author
Abbie Halberstadt is a writer, host of the M is for Mama podcast, fitness instructor, and homeschooling mother of ten children, including two sets of identical twins. Her bestselling books include Hard Is Not the Same Thing as Bad and M Is for Mama. She, her husband, Shaun, and their children live in the Piney Woods of East Texas.