Book Description

Floyd Edward Reinhardt was contemplating leaving his wife of twenty-three years and their six children when he learned the horrifying news from the car radio just as it was happening. During a tackle, his son Eddie, a gifted member of the University of Colorado football team, had been freakishly hit in the head causing a blood vessel in his brain to burst. The subsequent hours and days became a nightmare as the Reinhardt family travels to the scene of the accident, Eugene, Oregon, to await Eddie's uncertain prognosis. In Eugene Floyd Edward faces the possible death of his son, and is forced to come to terms with his parent's devastating divorce which also occurred in Eugene, Oregon where he testified to the judge that his father deserted the family decades earlier. You're OK, Kid! The Search for a Father's Love draws you into the lives of these three generations of Reinhardt men. Floyd Early, who left his young namesake during World War II to build military bases for the government in Alaska; Floyd Edward, who struggled nearly his whole life with feelings of inadequacy because of his father's desertion, and young Eddie, who heroically overcame the odds to survive his terrible injury. In you're Ok, Kid! The Search for a father's love join Floyd Edward Reinhardt as he: Faces the possible death of his son and is forced to come to terms with his father's desertion, decades earlier. Learn how to allow friends and community to become part of Eddie's miracle. Discover how tragedy can be made to have a purpose and a value. How family, community, and faith in God brought Floyd Edward Reinhardt in an inspiring tale no one - fathers, son, mothers, daughters - should miss. Floyd Edward "Ed" Reinhardt and his wife Pat have four sons who played Division I football, John at Nebraska, Eddie and Tom at Colorado and Matthew at the University of Oregon in Eugene. The Reinhardt boys played in eight major bowl games, including a Rose Bowl. Paul side-stepped football and took up skiing. Their daughter, Rosemarie is a successful business woman in Denver. For the past 25 years Eddie and his dad has traveled the country talking about the good that comes from tragedy and the importance of the influence of parents in the family. Eddie developed his talent to sing country music and his songs delight any audience. Ed and Pat Reinhardt live in Centennial, Colorado.