"On Grady Harris's wedding day, his father, a Presbyterian preacher, presided over the vows. And when my father told us to kiss, and we did, I felt a sense of joy that I'd never felt before, Harris says. I've had a life full of happiness But that was a new joy. Harris was 60, and marrying for the first time. Now 69, he lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with his wife, Marcia Wood, 66, who has an art gallery in the city."
"All his life, he had moved around. In childhood, the family followed his father's ministry. When Harris the only son of an only son of an only son was seven, they moved to the Brazilian highlands, about 200km past where the paved road ended. He loved reading adventure stories. I had a horse and my folks would encourage me to just head off, he says."
Grady Harris married for the first time at age 60 and later lived in Atlanta with his wife, Marcia Wood, who runs an art gallery. Twelve years separated their first and second dates, and they met by chance through mutual friends. Harris spent a peripatetic childhood following his father's Presbyterian ministry, including a move at seven to the Brazilian highlands, and grew up reading adventure stories and riding a horse. As an adult he pursued music with a band called Two Legs, worked many odd jobs across the United States, lived abroad teaching English, and later took a position at Emory University.
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