# 3 OF 52 THE TIMES AND TRAVELS OF CHARLIE
Glimpses into our life as we pass through portal after portal, day after day… With wisdom and tidbits of knowledge and frivolity along the way.
Things I want to say about Mikey
I wanna take the time to tell the world of the most wonderful man that I could have ever met, ever. That man is my beloved husband Mikey. Born to Russell and Marian Harris on 9/30/49 . I am so thankful that they raised such a man. He is an awesome husband, a loving father and the best Uncle and Papa ever. I met Mike in the early part of November in 1975. It wasn't “love at first sight” for me. But I gotta say, he certainly impressed me with his manners and respect right from the “get-go”.
I had been married twice before… I had a 7 year old son . When Tommy and I decided we were looking for a new “Man” to be in our lives. There was certain criteria that was in play as we made our choices. He had to be named Mike or Dave and he had to have a 4X4. That was Tommy’s criteria. Mine was a little more realistic than that. This future “man in our lives” needed to LOVE Tommy, I needed to like him, (at least). He needed to have a good job, and like me too. Being a Christian would have been nice. But as I was embarking on my third strike here, and my past experience, I unfortunately, rendered me not too invested in that part of the criteria. Although people, hear me here…. That was the most important criteria of all.
We spent almost three years of marriage with him not knowing the Lord. Not a very nice time in our marriage. But as the Lord will do, He took what the Enemy of our souls meant to destroy us and turned it all around for His glory and our good. He and I served the Lord together for many years in the church. Now we serve our family with the love and care that the Lord has shown us through the years. Sometimes it's in or alongside the church too. The most important thing to us is the gift God has given us in each other and in our family as well as those friends that have come to be our family. Anyway… What I really want to say is we have FUN together. We enjoy our time together. When you get to our age you start really understanding that life is “SHORT”. Way too SHORT. Mikey works away from home for now. Only home on the weekends. We really try to make the most of each and every moment. The Lord knows the number of hairs on our head….as you get older, there
are fewer hairs on your head. But, to state the obvious, somehow they show up in places that you never thought you would ever find hair. And again…he knows the number of our days. He has known these things from the beginning of time eternal. I for one do lean toward the thinking that embraces what “Christianese” refers to ”Pre-Destination". That's the thought that our every move and decision, in our lives …God knows….and has "Pre-Ordained ... Well I don't believe He makes decisions for us, but He surely knows what we will choose and where we will end up. And He knows, truly, what we need
I had been married twice before… I had a 7 year old son . When Tommy and I decided we were looking for a new “Man” to be in our lives. There was certain criteria that was in play as we made our choices. He had to be named Mike or Dave and he had to have a 4X4. That was Tommy’s criteria. Mine was a little more realistic than that. This future “man in our lives” needed to LOVE Tommy, I needed to like him, (at least). He needed to have a good job, and like me too. Being a Christian would have been nice. But as I was embarking on my third strike here, and my past experience, I unfortunately, rendered me not too invested in that part of the criteria. Although people, hear me here…. That was the most important criteria of all.
We spent almost three years of marriage with him not knowing the Lord. Not a very nice time in our marriage. But as the Lord will do, He took what the Enemy of our souls meant to destroy us and turned it all around for His glory and our good. He and I served the Lord together for many years in the church. Now we serve our family with the love and care that the Lord has shown us through the years. Sometimes it's in or alongside the church too. The most important thing to us is the gift God has given us in each other and in our family as well as those friends that have come to be our family. Anyway… What I really want to say is we have FUN together. We enjoy our time together. When you get to our age you start really understanding that life is “SHORT”. Way too SHORT. Mikey works away from home for now. Only home on the weekends. We really try to make the most of each and every moment. The Lord knows the number of hairs on our head….as you get older, there
are fewer hairs on your head. But, to state the obvious, somehow they show up in places that you never thought you would ever find hair. And again…he knows the number of our days. He has known these things from the beginning of time eternal. I for one do lean toward the thinking that embraces what “Christianese” refers to ”Pre-Destination". That's the thought that our every move and decision, in our lives …God knows….and has "Pre-Ordained ... Well I don't believe He makes decisions for us, but He surely knows what we will choose and where we will end up. And He knows, truly, what we need
