Sandpiper: My Journey with Sight and Blindness

by Karen Brown

In her mid-twenties, Karen brown received life-altering she had a condition which was slowly robbing her of her sight and would leave her totally blind by the age of 30. Over the next years, she would raise a son, work with 3 guide dogs, build an impressive career, retire, and follow God's call into spiritual guidance training. Sandpiper tells the story of Karen's journey from sight to blindness, as well as her childhood and college years, her marriage in Germany and the year abroad that follows, and her move back to the States. Sandpiper is an inspiring story of love, loss, renewal of joy, and the unfailing grace of God, even in the darkest places.

130 pages, Paperback

Published July 11, 2016

Reviews

[Mississippi Library Commission · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a moving account of Karen Brown’s transition from youth to adulthood, as well as her journey from sight to blindness. She describes her changing roles from student to wife to mother, and from teacher to the director of the Addie McBride Rehabilitation Center for the Blind. She handles each change with dignity and practicality, coping with each one as it arises. Karen refers to herself as a funambulist: someone who is able to walk the thin line between light and darkness, sight and blindness, and calm and crisis.