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But we knew exactly what we were getting. That bonded the siblings, but it also bonded our spouses. And my father absolutely loved gin rummy. And he'd been known to be in a gin rummy game in an airplane on the losing side, and he'd tell the pilot, just keep flying around till I can win, and then you can land. And so he would spend all the time playing gin rummy with my two brother-in-laws. It was that staple that, I mean, nothing got in the way of Sunday night dinner. I mean, you know, your friends might say, hey, you know, no, we got... And after a while, people didn't even ask you because they knew we had Sunday night dinner. You know, you look back and you treasure those times. So I literally credit my mother with that exercise that she would do.
And you know, it's a lot of work. I mean, feeding 24 people every Sunday. And I think I give her credit for keeping the family unit tight.
Maybe the royal should have done something like that. My wife, Norma, got some encouragement from our middle daughter, Catherine, to continue the Sunday night dinner tradition. And she has. And we've been doing it for years.
We've got 31 just in my immediate family. So it really is a chore. I mean, my wife is working on Saturdays.
I tell people she's got a big old boat paddle trying to stir the stew up. But I can't tell you. It's just like a flashback. I'm seeing my grandkids get with their cousins and absolutely loving one another. I mean, they're the first person they were asked to spend the night out when they got old enough to spend the night out. And I look back to when my kids were doing it. So fast forward today, my two sons and my brother's two sons are now taking over operation of our company.
And, you know, you've heard all the statistics about the family succession. And again, I attribute that to my boys, Kim and McClain and Spence and Webb growing up, knowing one another, building that trust up. You know, they all went off to school and everywhere.
And now they're back. They're back here running the company. And they're running it as a group. There's no president or, you know, it's a collaborative council that they run off of. And, you know, I just don't know that that would necessarily have happened if they didn't spend that time together.
You know, time is everything to a relationship and hurry is the death of a relationship. And they spent enough time together that they built a trust up that, you know, now that they're in business, it's flowing. And I was not a advocate necessarily of this collaborative leadership model. I just feel like somebody needs to be president, you know, and they've made it work. So kudos to them. But again, I think it all stemmed, the core came from those early days of just building that bond that never left. I mean, family is a strong bond to begin with and you add every Sunday night to it and it just gets stronger. So, you know, we're now into our third generation and we have worked at this. So it's not like it just didn't happen. My mother, I think, was a core and foundation of it.
But, you know, it I mean, it's a rare, rare case where you can see this without some fallout. Statistics prove that. It still amazes me, let me knock on wood, out of 84, 85 people, whatever total is, that we have just not had any really hiccup of any child or grandchild having an issue, a problem. I mean, they've all been almost like model children and I can only attribute that to luck and prayer. I would say every adult in the family has a devout Christian background and they have been able to grow up their children and raise them up in that environment. But I know people that have been better parents and their kids have turned out worse. And so that's why I say you can only attribute it to God's grace, prayer and, you know, I think everybody in our family has been really an exceptional role model in life. I tell people, you know, sometimes your kids won't listen to you, but they'll never fail to imitate you.
And, oh gosh, I mean, this has been recent, about three or four years ago, I get the nicest Father's Day card I could ever imagine from my daughter, Catherine. I mean, it's interesting. Oh my God, I read it so much. I just love this.
And her P.S. was, I've been watching you all my life. And is that not a scary thing? You know, and that's why I tell people that, man, you with your kids, you better be on. I mean, they're going to see every smirk you give to your wife. They're going to see every flip you give to a waitress.
You know, I mean, you just got to be on. But I'm just grateful that I always said, you know, you can, two people, three people, you can't fool. God, your wife, and your kids, you know, and you just, you got to live that life, you know, because they see every crack in you. And, you know, what you teach your kids, they're going to teach their kids. You know, I tell people as, you know, as parents, you know, we go from coach to counselor to consultant to colleague. And, you know, all of us now are in the colleague mode, which I love. I mean, I'm no longer the drill sergeant at my house. I'm saying, hey, you want to have a beer? Let's have a beer and talk about things. And if they ask for some advice, fine, I'll be happy to give it.
But they don't have to ask for any. And a special thanks to Kemmons Wilson Jr. for telling the story of his three generation family, growing family, a loving family. That P.S. from his daughter, I've been watching you all my life. They are watching us all our lives. We're grateful, he said, and of course, to the mom who started this tradition and all the hard work. We have worked at this, he said. We love telling stories about faith and family. Kemmons Wilson Jr.'s family story here on Our American Story. Ah, and here we have travelers in their natural habitat enjoying guaranteed 4 p.m. checkout at fine hotels and resorts booked through Amex Travel.
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