My Scars Are Beautiful

10/10/2026

Your journey may be the hope someone else needs to keep going. 🦋

Sometimes, the very experiences that once made us question our strength become the experiences that inspire someone else to find theirs.

When we share our stories, our struggles, and the challenges we’ve overcome, we remind others facing similar circumstances what they’re going through today doesn’t have to define what’s possible for their tomorrow.

There’s something powerful about survivors connecting through shared experiences, finding strength in one another, and creating meaningful connections along the way. It’s the heart of what My Scars Are Beautiful is all about.

Your story matters. Your strength and endurance matters. And you never know whose life you may inspire simply by sharing what you’ve survived. 💜

10/07/2026

Join us this Friday for our Healing with Art Workshop! 🖌️💜

This month, we’ll be exploring mandalas and mosaics, creating colorful mosaic coasters while enjoying a space centered around creativity, reflection, and connection. Our featured artist this month is Lisa Korslin, LCSW, who will guide us through the creative experience.

✨ Mandalas are often associated with balance, wholeness, and reflection, while mosaic art reminds us that individual pieces each different in shape and color can come together to create something beautiful. Through art, we’re creating an opportunity to slow down, express ourselves, connect with others, and support emotional wellness.

No art experience is needed just come as you are and give yourself the space to create, reflect, and connect. 💜

🎟️ Public admission: $20 — proceeds benefit My Scars Are Beautiful programs
✨ Register Here: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/healing-with-art-workshop
🦋 Survivors of traumatic physical injuries attend free and must RSVP by texting 725-352-2207
🥙 Light bites & beverages included
🎨 All supplies included

Our Healing with Art Workshop is open to the community, and every paid registration helps support the programs and opportunities we provide for survivors of traumatic injuries. Come create something beautiful with us! 🦋🎨

09/25/2026

💜This Sunday💜

You are not alone.

Healing doesn’t have to happen alone. Our free online Survivor Support Group provides a safe, supportive space where survivors of traumatic physical injuries can connect, share, and encourage one another with people who truly understand the journey.

📅 We meet every 4th Sunday
🕛 12:00 PM Pacific Time
💻 Online

If you or someone you know could benefit from joining our community, we’d love to welcome you. Send us a message to receive the meeting link.

Together, we heal. Together, we rise. 🦋

09/17/2026

🌳 Still I Rise. 🌳

At our recent Healing with Art Workshop, we used charcoal to create our own Still I Rise Trees, each one uniquely representing strength, growth, resilience, and the ability to keep rising through life’s challenges.

We had some time left over so we added a second creative exercise and explored drawing the human eye giving everyone another opportunity to slow down, express themselves, and simply create. ✍️

Art can give us a way to express what we may not always have the words to say. It creates space for reflection, connection, creativity, emotional wellness and we love seeing how differently each person interprets the same activity.

A heartfelt thank you to our donors and volunteers who continue to make our Healing with Art Workshops possible. Your support allows us to create spaces where people can connect, create, and experience the healing power of artistic expression. 💜🦋

Still we grow. Still we create. Still we rise.

09/10/2026

Your scars are not something you have to hide. 🦋

This powerful message, Peace With Your Scars, reminds us that our scars tell a story. They are evidence of what we’ve survived, what we’ve overcome, and how far we’ve come.

At My Scars Are Beautiful, this message speaks directly to our heart and our mission. We believe there is strength in embracing the parts of our stories that have changed us, including the scars we carry.

Your scars do not diminish your beauty.
They do not disqualify you from living fully.
Your scars are part of your testimony.

We encourage our Survivor community to take a moment and watch this powerful message. 💜🦋

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09/08/2026

Join us this Friday for our Healing with Art Workshop! 🖌️🌳

This month, we’ll be creating a “Still I Rise” Tree using charcoal, facilitated by featured artist Mario Lorne.

🌳 The Still I Rise Tree represents resilience, growth, strength, and the ability to keep moving forward through life’s challenges. Just as a tree can remain rooted through changing seasons and continue to grow, attendees will be encouraged to use their artwork as a personal expression of what it means to rise, rebuild, and keep growing.

No art experience is needed, just come as you are and allow yourself the space to create, reflect, and connect. 💜

🎟️ Public registration: $20 — proceeds support My Scars Are Beautiful.
🖌️Survivors of traumatic physical injuries attend free and must RSVP by texting 725-352-2207
✨ Registration link in bio
🥙 Light bites & beverages included
🎨 All supplies included

Our workshop is open to the community, and we hope to create and rise together! 🌳🦋 All proceeds benefit My Scars Are Beautiful and help support the programs we provide for survivors of traumatic injuries.

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09/08/2026

What a night with The Survivor Squad! 🎮🍕💜

We stepped into the world of pinball and spent time exploring hundreds of unique machines, from old-school classics to newer games with some pretty incredible themes and designs. Everyone had the chance to wander, find their favorites, try something different, and enjoy a fun and relaxed experience together. We wrapped it all up with pizza at Joe’s New York Pizza, making it a great evening from start to finish!

Our Survivor Squad outings give survivors an opportunity to get out, have fun, build friendships, and connect with others who understand the challenges that can come with rebuilding after a traumatic injury. Connection and community can be an important part of the recovery journey, creating space for survivors to support one another, make new memories, and continue to experience joy.

These moments are possible because of the generosity of people who believe in our mission. To every donor who supports My Scars Are Beautiful—thank you. Your support allows us to continue providing experiences like these to our survivors at no cost.

And a huge shout-out to Joe’s New York Pizza for generously donating dinner for our Survivor Squad! 🍕 We truly appreciate your support and generosity.

Every donation and community partnership helps us continue bringing survivors together.

Building Community. Inspiring Hope. Healing Together. 💜🦋

09/01/2026

We often spend so much time trying to hide, cover up, or erase the parts of ourselves that have been broken. It’s completely natural to look at your scars whether they are physical reminders on your skin or invisible ones carried in your heart and mind and feel a sense of grief, frustration, or even pain. Accepting them is a journey that doesn’t happen overnight. But this beautiful truth reminds us that God doesn’t look at your scars with judgment or disappointment. He doesn’t see them as imperfections or damaged goods. Instead, He honors them. He looks at every single mark of your struggle and sees a profound testament to your survival, your resilience, and your immense strength. Your scars are living proof that your story didn’t end at the point of your deepest pain. If you are struggling to accept your scars today, please be gentle with yourself. Breathe through the discomfort and remember that His love found you right in the middle of your brokenness. He is gently binding up those wounds, transforming your deepest hurts into a masterpiece of grace and redemption. You are not ruined; you are beautifully, uniquely remade.

08/28/2026

Join us for The Survivor Squad outing at the Pinball Hall of Fame! Friday August 28th @ 6pm! Enjoy over 500 pinball game machines to play, reminisce and explore from the 1950s-1990s! Pizza to follow at Joe’s NY Pizza! This free outing is for trauma survivors and RSVP is required by texting 725-352-2207 Hope to see you there! 😍