F

amily businesses have 

been around since…

well, for as long as there 

have been families. They 

are a way to continue heritage, 

a way to leave a legacy, a way to 

build something to be proud of. 

They speak to a family’s history 

and help create a connection 

that is passed down, year after 

year, generation to generation, 

teaching traditions and 

strengthening bonds in a way that 

no other undertaking possibly 

could. 

For many family businesses, 

these are the seeds of a dream 

brought fully into bloom, the 

culmination of years of hard work 

and restless days and nights of 

worry. And as fathers and sons, 

mothers and daughters, husbands 

and wives work side by side each 

day to continue that dream and 

make it a success, their love and 

the passion is evident in the care 

that they take in serving their 

customers, showing family pride 

as they make an indelible mark on 

the world around them.

Granted, it’s not always easy. 

Working with family presents 

its fair share of challenges as 

the lines between business and 

love are blurred; but for those 

who persevere, those ties can 

become a strength rather than a 

weakness, and those businesses 

thrive for years to come to 

become far more than just jobs 

and careers. For these successful 

family businesses, theirs is a 

daily reminder of just how deep 

bonds run; of how many sacrifices 

are made to further a dream. 

And these are the families that 

strengthen their communities 

even as they strengthen 

themselves.

story by

 

Liesel Schmidt

 

All in the Family

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