While talking about her life as a bonus mom, retired soccer player Abby Wambach offered a powerful take on what its like to be part of a blended family.

After her opening chat at HuffPosts How To Raise A Kid conference on Nov. 2, Wambach (whos on the board of advisers for HuffPosts parent company, Oath) sat down for an on-camera interview about parenthood. The soccer star married Glennon Doyle , the author of Love Warrior and creator of the popular online community Momastery, in 2017, and now calls herself a bonus mom to three kids Chase, Tish and Amma from Doyles marriage with her ex-husband, Craig Melton.

Wambach clarified that shes no expert on navigating the world of blended families, but she summed up her journey with six powerful words: beautiful and hard and worth it.