Karla Byrd is a business owner alongside her husband, Matthew, a U.S. Air Force veteran. Her Christian gift and bookstore, the Byrd’s Nest, is in the antique district of Gladewater, Texas, known as the Antique Capital of East Texas. She enjoys photography, documenting the lives of others, talking to antique hunters from all over the world who come to her store, road tripping, and visiting small town America’s other small businesses.