Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Sesame Street
Welcome Back, lovies! As a little boy, I watched a lot of Sesame Street. It was my favorite show growing up and still remains as one of my favorites right now. I loved Sesame Street so much that my mom would leave me in my room to watch Sesame Street VCRs (yes, I know what…
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FDR, JFK, and DRG?
Welcome back, lovies!Growing up with cerebral palsy was very discouraging at first. I didn’t have anyone to relate to or to look up to. My dad would always say, “Great men come out of great challenges” or something like that. It was a nice thing to say but, it didn’t mean much to me. My…
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Disney
Welcome back, lovies! In 2013, doctors had noticed that my blood pressure was high for my age. My personal physician didn’t know why my blood pressure was high or what to do, so they sent me to a cardiologist. The cardiologist was Dr. Whitfield and she worked at Toledo’s Children Hospital. Whitfield was a kind;…
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Daybreak in Detroit
Welcome back, lovies! Taking a bit of a detour in my blog posts because I’m working on another one about my health and it’s taking a while. Also, there’s this poem that I wrote in High School that I want to share. Therefore, “Daybreak in Detroit.” It’s not 100% “PC” with the language but, it…
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Redemption
Welcome Back, Lovies. During the summer breaks of high school, I would participate in summer swimming with the Napoleon Aquatic Club or NAC for short. We would have practices from 7am to 8am in the outdoor community pool. Practices were daily and extremely cold because the pool heater was broken and hadn’t been looked at…
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Bobby
Welcome back, lovies! At my high school, the seniors are required to complete 40 hours of community service prior to graduation. For this, I could’ve easily volunteered at my church or at my summer job but, I decided that it wouldn’t truly be community service because I do work at the church and at C.L.A.S.S.…
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Howdy
Welcome back, lovies! I made the front page of the Crescent News! Tim McDonough wrote a fascinating article of my philanthropy trip to Guatemala during Spring Break. I just wanted to share what the article stated, so here it is: Rising to the challenge Gaffney travels world away to help less fortunate By Tim McDonough…
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Just Think
Welcome back lovies! Story time! A few years ago, I was at Toledo’s Children Hospital for an appointment for my leg. While in the waiting room, a little boy, about 3 or 4, came around the corner with his walker and a big smile. He came up to me, waved and smiled and his mother…
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The 4th of July
Welcome back, lovies! I decided to talk about this last out of the big 3 because it affects me the most and causes me the most trouble. I’ve always struggle with them and neurological problems but, swimming heightened them. The way our pool was set up, light from the outside w shined through the glass…
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Burtle
Welcome back lovies! By the time of the move to Napoleon in 2012, my cerebral palsy and seizures were invisible to the public. It was great time for me. I finally appeared as normal and I didn’t have to wear braces anymore, or so I thought. That all changed during that summer. I was diagnosed…
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