Brent Gehring

Brent Gehring and his daughter Emma had finished a meal and were heading back to their car. Gehring was carrying his daughter who can’t walk without her walker. Then he heard the words of a stranger yelling, “Make her walk. That’s what’s wrong with kids today.” Gehring asked the man if he was talking to him. Then he told the man, “My daughter has been carrying my faith and my strength for the past 5 years since she was diagnosed with a brain tumor." "She can’t walk but I am happy to carry her because of all the amazing things she has taught me through the years." "So I would advise you not to address my daughter in any way other than a respectful one.” By the end of the interaction, both men were in tears. They hadn’t become friends, but they had learned to understand one another. When Gehring posted the story to Facebook, thousands responded. “There’s so much negative out in the news … but I think, in the last year,"