Our Shine Forth Community Event is BACK!
Often all we see is the pain and the scars we carry, seen and unseen. Viewing those scars, we can often hear negative thoughts and struggle with feeling so alone. Questioning our worth and our value, we wonder if we could ever be loved or if we can ever love ourselves?
Eternal Hope – An Easter Message
Oh the Wonderful cross — the cost that was paid, and the hope it brings. I was forever changed when I lost my sister at Easter. The morning she passed, I was getting ready to go to the hospital, and as I reflected on the cross that morning, God prepared me for what was about […]
Support Us at Mike Hess Brewing This April
Back for April 2024 is our fundraising efforts with Mike Hess Brewing of San Diego! For the third year in a row, Mike Hess Brewing has chosen the Beautifully Flawed Foundation as one of their Charities of the Month. April is a particularly special month for us as well as it is Limb Loss Awareness […]
2024 Retreat Applications Now Open!
UPDATE 5/30/24: Retreat application deadline has been extended! The new deadline is Friday, June 7th, 2024. Applicants will be notified of their application status by June 24th, 2024. We are excited to announce that our applications for our October Beautifully Flawed Women’s Retreat (BFR) Forge Men’s Retreat for those with limb difference are now open! This year, the […]
WATCH: Our 2023 Forge Retreat Highlight Video
The Forge Retreat 2023 was like no other! We saw so much new growth take place in more ways than one. Whether it was surfing, wakesurfing, jiu-jitsu, gym workouts, or stepping on a ride at a theme park, the men all rose to the occasion to face challenges, fears, and uncomfortableness head on and discovered […]
Our 2023 End of Year Mailer
As we gear up for 2024, we believe God is calling us to do even more retreats and events, along with relaunching our conferences. God is doing big things, and we are so excited for what the future holds. For our year end fundraising goal, we are looking to raise $70,000 in order to hit […]
WATCH: The 2023 Kauai Beautifully Flawed Retreat Highlight Video
As we quickly near the end of 2023, our team has been reflecting on all that’s transpired throughout the course of this year and so, we’ve put together a special mailer for our amazing donor community!
Something Beautiful Always Comes – Our New Jewelry Collection with Mae Cargo
One of my most fond Christmas memories isn’t with extravagant gifts, or where everything looked like a Hallmark movie. Christmas in our home growing up was very simple. My mom was a single mom of five kids, and money was always tight.
The Ever Changing Tide
There is something to be said about watching the tide as it rolls in, and then returns to the sea. If you watch long enough you realize that it is always changing as it inches its way either closer or further from the shore, no two waves wash up the same. There’s something about a […]
The $2 Story: A Charity Luau
One of my most fond Christmas memories isn’t with extravagant gifts, or where everything looked like a Hallmark movie. Christmas in our home growing up was very simple. My mom was a single mom of five kids, and money was always tight.