Those are nice sentiments. I lost my Mom July 31st of last year. The annual family get together, always held the first weekend in August, going to be very different this year.
The DeSoto is far from mint but a good looker. My Dad dragged it home as pretty much a hulk in 1978, so it has been in the family for 40 of its 70 years. I recently found a photo of the car taken the day it came home and I can imagine the look on my Moms face when it showed up.