OPINION (FW) – Former NFL defensive tackle Tommie Harris has experienced his fair share of tragedy in life. Losing both a wife and child in the most gut-wrenching circumstances, it is difficult to comprehend how Harris has continued to push on — but he has, all the while being bolstered by his faith in Jesus Christ. Speaking to Fox News, Harris spoke candidly about the pain of grief, and how God has continued to uphold him his darkest of days.
“I look at a miracle every day when I look in the mirror and see that I’m not in a straitjacket or [have] lost my mind for what I’ve been through,” he told Fox and Friends co-host, Ainsley Earhardt. “I’m a walking testimony. God moves every day through me, encourages me, inspires me to help someone else beyond myself.”
Tommie’s wife Ashley was just 29-years-old when she passed away from a sudden brain aneurysm back in 2012. “We [were] married for 41 days,” Harris explained. “I was on a plane… never knowing that when we land, I would get a phone call that said my wife stopped breathing on the table and I needed to hurry up and get to Oklahoma.” READ MORE
