VISA + Morgan Freeman = Tears

This weekend I was reduced to tears by a TV commercial. In the past, I have been moved emotionally due to various insurance commercials. However, never have I ever actually shed tears. The commercial that made me do this was a VISA commercial. Who would have thought that a credit card company could be so moving? Perhaps the commercial moved me so much because I had never heard the story of speed skater, Dan Jansen before. The story about his sister dying a week before he raced in the Olympics and had promised her he’d win, and then he fell during the race. Only to triumphantly win the gold at the next Olympics and skate a victory lap holding his daughter Jane, who is named after his sister. Who wouldn’t cry at this tale?! The cherry on the sundae was the fact that it was none other than Morgan Freeman’s emotion provoking voice telling the story. I think Morgan Freeman could read Knock, Knock jokes and I would cry.