Grief – Page 2 – Michelle Folk Johnson

My Dad

was a terrific dancer. And a very good dad. He died the day after Thanksgiving 2020. He had Alzheimer’s, so I missed him long before he was gone.

80’s Dancing

Tonight I’m going 80’s & 90’s dancing. Yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss.

After I went off on a rant about something or other one evening, I told the martial arts training partner I was with that I was sorry if I went off for too long. I’m just a real hothead sometimes, I told them. “But you’re trying not to be,” this training partner said back. ItContinue reading “Hothead”

Marching Band IS a Martial Art

And that is why my martial arts school: Portland Martial Arts & Crafts, has a house marching band: Madam Ant Band.

Training Journal 08.08.2022

In my life and in my practice lately, I feel like I’ve been fighting too hard, trying too hard, pushing too hard. I end up breaking myself again and again. Part of this is an expression of grief. My heart has been broken recently– by the death of my father, my mother’s stroke, challenges withContinue reading “Training Journal 08.08.2022”