A Very Long Walk
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
September 26, 2021 3:02pm CST
While discussing with people about my student who had a seizure, some of the conversation led me to remember this lady that I met.
Her name is Karla Brown.
When I first met her she had recently completed a walk from Seattle to Washington DC to celebrate being 20 years seizure free. She had brain surgery in Seattle at the age of 18 because her seizures were unmanageable.
My own discussion caused me to remember her, and just for fun put her name into search engines, with the additional information of walking across America. It turns out she has been on a few more walks since then and now lives in Natchez, Mississippi and has a business giving local tours.
Either on one of my dead computers or on a disc I have photos from her first trip.
She is a unique individual. I cannot even remember how I met her. I know I shared her photography when I was in activities and social services at a nursing home.
So, meet my friend Karla
https://m.natchezdemocrat.com/2019/01/02/steps-from-her-past-local-woman-delivered-box-of-memories-of-walks-across-country/
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
26 Sep 21
What an amazing woman..9000 mile walk..and more wow Heather.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Sep 21
There is a lot of Wow to her story. I just wish I knew where those pictures were that she gave me.
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@kaylachan (84699)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 Sep 21
Talk about walking for a cause. I know I couldn't do that, no matter how much I tried or wanted to.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
26 Sep 21
I am sure it takes a special person. She said she walked as a celebration.
@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
27 Sep 21
That is a really cool story, Heather. She sounds like an incredible person.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Sep 21
She certainly makes you look at what is possible in a different way.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Sep 21
I have not heard. It is important to have good shoes if you walk a lot.
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@sallypup (69157)
• Centralia, Washington
27 Sep 21
@GardenGerty Over the course of my Mom's life she spent thousands of dollars on shoes.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Sep 21
I really enjoyed the times I heard her speak. Perhaps she will write a book.
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@wolfgirl569 (135583)
• Marion, Ohio
27 Sep 21
Its wonderful surgery helped her so much.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
27 Sep 21
Yes, and she seems to appreciate her life.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8765)
• United States
27 Sep 21
How wonderful that she has been free of seizures for so long. My daughter had many, many seizures until she was a teenager and I feel that God healed her for she hasn't had one since.
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