Teri Lussier commented on 'Who Cares? '

I see some light shining through the ruins of the Midwest. There is some freedom involved in living in a place that the rest of world no longer cares about. When you are given a grim prognosis by your doctor, you start to think big. You begin to do the things that you were once afraid to do. This doesn't mean you get another 50 years to live, but it means that you make the most of the time you've got, and I'm beginning to see this attitude here. I tell my friends from the Sun Belt that hard work is an export of the Midwest, it's in our DNA to roll up our sleeves, lace up our boots and get stuff done. I think for some of us who are still here, we have come to the acceptance stage of the grieving process and it's strangely liberating.