Detroit coming to life...

[LincolnMan]

In death there is renewal. Winter leads to Spring. In driving through Detroit today, I came across whole city blocks of land where young trees had been planted. There had to be hundreds if not thousands of them. What had been whole city blocks of abandoned vandalized houses- now contained a virtual urban forest in the making. There is is renewal in place of death. The mere sight of the young trees inspires hope and gives rise to promise. Although Lincoln never visited Detroit- I think he would have been pleased. It was not a depressing thing to behold...