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 […]
A Beautiful Reminder of What Was And What Is to Come…
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.
Brave the Wave – Lexi’s Story of Hope
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.
A Fresh Outlook on Life – A Letter from Adam Dirks
I loved going to Church Camp when I was growing up. The activities, making new friends, pranks, learning more about God’s love; the overall experience was always life-changing. That’s why one of the best times I had this past year was participating in the Beautifully Flawed Foundation’s men’s retreat, The Forge. The campfires, axe throwing, self-defense, […]
The First Surf Story – Sarah Hill
The heart of the Beautifully Flawed Foundation is in the love experienced at retreats for young men and women who have suffered great loss, inspired largely by the life and experience of Bethany Hamilton. Bethany’s story has been told thousands of different ways, but what you might not know is that the story of our […]
Welcome, Aiko!
We are excited to share that we have added a new member to our team who we know will help to make 2021 our best year yet! Aiko Loogman was an influential help at our 2019 Beautifully Flawed Retreat and our 2020 virtual Beautifully Flawed Retreat where she fell in love with the work we are doing. In her […]
The Tides Are Changing – A Message from Sarah Hill
As a surfer, I get excited to paddle out just before the tides change, eager for the sets to roll in with a more consistent pace. You might begin your session paddling for a wave here or there, but then the excitement hits a peak when you see the first good size wave roll through. […]
The Beautiful Leap of Faith – A Message from Sarah Hill
Six months later, ready to attend, she was having doubts that she could actually make it! I shared that although I did not know what she was facing, I would be as a sister to her, and no matter what she needed, I would be there to help. I assured her that she was not […]
A Tree of Life – A Message from Sarah Hill
“Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when the desire comes, it is a tree of life.” Proverbs 13:12 This has been one of those verses that I have had to revisit again and again in 2020. With every setback, disappointment, or cancelation of a plan long awaited for, I have had to turn to […]
Why We Do What We Do – A Message from Sarah Hill
Why do we do what we do? Here’s a message from our Executive Director Sarah Hill on what our Beautifully Flawed Retreat for young women with limb difference means to her: Beautifully Flawed is a program that hits especially close to home for me. I struggled a lot with body image due to having several scars from several different […]
