Two years ago, Chevrolet did an ad for Christmas about a man who is sad at the holidays because his wife has died. The daughter then lovingly has the wife's car -- which is under wraps in the barn, unused for a while -- restored, unbeknownst to the father, to surprise him and bring back those memories of the love of his wife he so misses. “It’s what mom would’ve wanted,” the daughter says.

It was a wonderful ad, at a time during the p******c when we'd been through so much with lockdowns and a change in society and the White House, with mandates that may have separated us from our family members. It was a situation that we never would have thought could happen but did. We certainly needed some extra uplifting.

Now, their new ad for this year pulls on some of those same heartstrings, and I have to admit, yes, I cried at the end because it was so beautiful and sweet. Have the tissues ready because "A Holiday to Remember" is likely to get you too.

It has beautiful photography and was filmed in middle America, in Holly, Michigan, with talk of the Bittersweet Cafe and Saginaw. It reminds us of all those wonderful things that bring joy to our lives and spark our memories as a family gathers together for Christmas. The grandfather sadly admits there are days the grandmother is not fully there because of her Alzheimer's: "There are some days where she doesn't even recognize me," he tells the daughter. The granddaughter is listening and has a brainstorm to make sure it is a "good day."

She then takes the grandmother to some of the surroundings of her past in the 1972 Chevrolet Suburban, to her high school, to the house where she used to live, playing John Denver's "Sunshine on My Shoulders," reminding her as they pass the drive-in how she packed all the grandkids into the car to go there. Gradually, it helps bring back all those memories of her life.

Most of all, it awakens her to the memory of the love for her husband, and when that moment comes in the ad, that's where they got me. The ending with the husband realizing that his wife is there again is so pure that it touches your heart.

It also comes at a time when many are being pressed economically with Bidenflation, and it's again a time of political division. We don't know what will happen in the ensuing year or with the upcoming e******n in 2024. But if there's anything that brings us through such times and gives us the strength to move forward, come what may, into the future, it's the love of those around us; it's the special grace that our relationships bring to our lives. We are lucky if we have those who love us around us. We understand the hardships. But we hope for those moments of pure joy like the one at the end of the ad, when those we love embrace us, and all is whole again.

President Donald Trump has issued a video honoring Thanksgiving Day and explaining how Americans give thanks to Almighty God" for "His many blessings including our families, our friends, our neighbors, and this extraordinary country that we all call home."

https://www.wnd.com/2023/11/trumps-holiday-message-give-thanks-almighty-god/?utm_source=Email&utm_medium=wnd-breaking&utm_campaign=breaking&utm_content=breaking&ats_es=2d5749f8b6fe9ee541438a0ee5fba951&ats_ess=5c0540b9e4dc3e4b07b53aa1a34ce05ecdf8f77204e47c478193329d499c51a8

if Chauvin had not done the neck thing, floyd would not have died.. Did you know that for a short time the cop and Floyd worked together as security for some place not far from where he was k**led.

As for the stabbing,, I truly get POd.. things like that should never happen..

how bad is he? can not tell yet, but the article does use the term Life saving action... take a few days to find out..

Regardless of how I feel about cops overdoing the force thing.. revenge k*****gs, especially in what is supposedly a secure facility will never git my casual glance.. also consider , this is the 2nd incident in just over a year at this joint in AZ.. Chauvin lawyer pushed for the t***sfer a/c in Minnesota Chauvin was kept in what amounted to solitary confinement for his own safety.. someone tried to block the move to AZ because of the prior stabbing..

Not a gold star moment for our security systems..

Chauvin, the murderer of G****e F***d in Minnesota. was stabbed Friday nov 24, 2023

Follow the link, interesting article.. more will be released in next few days..

https://apnews.com/article/derek-chauvin-george-floyd-prison-stabbing-f24cde6aa28877d034530c2dc40ef7ea?user_email=49da43db2f28765be37e4f4e6c3a9edf8898abd4ac6b5dc1d2c8baf9c57ba73c&utm_medium=APNews_Alerts&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_campaign=%E2%80%98NewsAlerts_1124_Chauvin%E2%80%99&utm_term=AP%20News%20Alerts


Chauvin, 47, was sent to FCI Tucson from a maximum-security Minnesota state prison in August 2022 to simultaneously serve a 21-year federal sentence for violating Floyd’s civil rights and a 22½-year state sentence for second-degree murder.

Chauvin’s lawyer, Eric Nelson, had advocated for keeping him out of general population and away from other inmates, anticipating he’d be a target. In Minnesota, Chauvin was mainly kept in solitary confinement “largely for his own protection,” Nelson wrote in court papers last year.

Last week, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Chauvin’s appeal of his murder conviction. Separately, Chauvin is making a longshot bid to overturn his federal guilty plea, claiming new evidence shows he didn’t cause Floyd’s death.

Floyd, who was Black, died on May 25, 2020, after Chauvin, who is white, pressed a knee on his neck for 9½ minutes on the street outside a convenience store where Floyd was suspected of trying to pass a counterfeit $20 bill.

Bystander video captured Floyd’s fading cries of “I can’t breathe.” His death touched off protests worldwide, some of which turned violent, and forced a national reckoning with police brutality and r****m.