20 years later… This was the location of my shark incident as a 13 year old girl. I’m in awe of how much God has made beauty out of something so scary and so awful. When we face challenge, it can be hard to have hope beyond our chaos, but it is essential. I hope that my life can be a ✨hint of hope✨for you in the challenges that you face. I see the challenges along the way as a call to live in faith and to trust in God to carry me through it all! I’m so grateful to God for his faithfulness 😭🙌🏼

Home & Family - Shark Attack Survivor Bethany Hamilton

Bethany Hamilton - soul surfer and shark attack survivor interviews with Natural High

This month marks 20 years since one of the most impactful moments of my life when a shark took my arm while on a surfing off the coast of Kauai, my birth place. Many people could look at the incident back in 2003 as a major setback for me, but God had so much in store for the future! It's absolutely wild to think how my life started and where it is now and all the amazing yet challenging things in between. I didn't wake up in the hospital thinking I was invincible and was gonna get back to surfi