NokiaMan44's Blog

I write this with all sincerity in my heart. I know there will be those that will want to lash out or blast me for my view or prayer from a better Detroit. Some will look at me and ask what difference does it make to you? You live in Alpena. Last night while I sat in the emergency room waiting for the doctors to take care of me, I continued to think about Detroit. All I kept thinking was “The Great Detroit Divorce”. I live in Alpena not out of choice but out of need to take care of my elderly parents. I moved back here in August out of need of my family.

It will be easier to lash out and blast away at me than it is to find solutions together than being separated as those vs. us. At some point in time, someone signed the divorce papers between the City and the suburbs. What came of that divorce was a bitter ex-wife continuing to fight with the ex-husband(s) who moved right next door with their money, and their power. Like a Dead Beat Dad they continue to not provide support to their first family. For years a fight has boiled over about who is going to take care of the children. The children have grown up with the step brothers and sisters pointing their fingers at each other with contempt.

We all want a better, safer, more beautiful City than Detroit is currently. Just based on various blogs and posts that I have read through on here (which are many), it is very apparent that the cavern is very deep and very wide. So many of us would rather be on the sides lines and grumble about what could be vs. what is. The Mayor, one of Detroit’s own children grew up and was appointed to guide us into a better tomorrow. Now he is charged with several Felony counts because he made decisions against what most the family views as disgraceful to the family name. We had hoped and expected more and better from him. The Detroit City Council, more of the family, is a public disgrace all on its own.

Many individuals who have posted on the boards have told those in the suburbs to mind their own business and let those who live within the City of Detroit to take care of theirs.

It seems for far flung the possibility that the people of Detroit will stand up and tell those in power - No More Will We Accept Business as Usual. And then at the same time turn to our our brothers and sisters outside of Detroit and say it with all honesty and conviction - We need you. We want you to join us in the problems that face us in Detroit. There is no shame in asking for help. There is shame however when misplaced pride stands in the way.

Take away the bitter ugliness that has so divided Detroit away from its neighboring suburban families for decades. Take away the suburbs long entrenched views that they are better than those in Detroit. Because they are not.

I grew up in a family that seen many marriages collapse in divorce. But in our family we have a rule: You can divorce the person you were married to but you cannot divorce the family. An example of this is when my parents attended the wedding of my ex-sister-in-law. She was one of the RN's that took care of me last night in the hosptial. She did it out of respect and love. Not because it was just her job.

So, given all that, from the people of the City of Detroit and to all of those who are in the suburbs, who is going to stand up for what they believe in and make a difference for a Detroit that we all want to call our own? Its time to heal a family divided.



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