Ernie Hudson

But to be blessed to work and move around the way I am, you know, I see friends.

And so if God has given me this ability, I want to honor that and certainly celebrate.

you know, do the best that I can do with the gifts that God has given me.

You know, I've been very, but I have four sons and, uh, they're, they're all amazing, totally different in their own ways.

Yeah.

I feel very, very, I was a single dad to the first two and now my wife and I, we've been together for close to 50 years, but yeah, I'm, I'm just so proud of all that with the kids and none of them are quite living the lives that I expected.

Then I had to let go and just go, you know, do your thing and I'm, I'm here for you.

And, um,

Yeah.

As I get older, parenting, looking at your children and realizing that it's their own journey and you have to support that.

I had been trying jobs.

I got married in 64, you know, right out of high school.

My wife was...

Just turn 16.

So small town, this is what people did.

My ex-wife, who eventually earned a PhD, was really brilliant.

She sort of introduced me to books and just started thinking out of the box.

I went to the military.

That didn't work out.

Came back.