"The Sacred Acre: The Ed Thomas Story" by Mark Tabb and the Ed Thomas Family
I heard Aaron Thomas, Ed's son, speak at the school during back to school meetings and wanted to hear more of his story. Hearing Aaron speak of the tragedies his family has faced and how they persevered and made it through each one is true adversity.
The Thomas family is from a small town in Iowa where Ed was the AD and head football coach. In 2008, a tornado devastated the town and left the Thomas family, and much of their neighbors, with nothing. Then in 2009, the unimaginable happened and Ed was shot and killed by one of his former players.
Being a coach's wife myself, I have a fear that someone could come after my husband. Whether it be the students themselves or the parents. This is the wrong mindset to have but I remember hearing about this in the news and thinking to myself that this could be my husband someday. It's a scary feeling and certainly not one you should get by being a coach. Firefighter, police officer, sure. But a coach?
The family handles their adversity beautifully and show amazing grace to those responsible. This book was a good read.
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