Recovery

Well, I just read that Eminem's album "Recovery" was the best selling one of 2010. I told you it is hip to be from Detroit. Hopefully, with the upcoming Auto Show at Cobo, Detroit continues to get good press.

I used to love to go to the auto show. Some friends in high school use to model there. I never realized how very huge the Auto Show was until I actually started teaching college in Ohio. Sometimes you can only really understand a place once you leave it. Every year, it seems, some student misses class to go to the Auto Show -- be it his dad is exhibiting something or she is modeling, what have you. But, it really is the biggest Auto Show around and put Detroit on an international stage. It will showcase all that the Motor City has to offer.

Made in Detroit means more today than ever before. It means that you are a survivor. It means that you can handle the coldest winters only to blossom in the green spring. It means your spirit is cleansed and renewed with fresh water annually. It means that you have a rich history of creativity, hard work, freedom, endurance, teamwork, and dedication. It means you are made of steel and iron and can handle the bumps that life gives you. It means you can roll with the punches and merge on the freeway of life to get to a better destination. Detroit will recover.