Tomorrow is my birthday, I will be 47 years old! Yes, I am Peter Pan, don’t look my age and proud of it. I began this massage therapy journey quite late in life compared to many, maybe that’s why I am so persistent in my pursuit of success; I have time to make up and many, many people to help. So what does a massage therapist in Kalispell MT do on their birthday? I get a massage of course! No, no not at another therapists office, at my house. Tomorrow my family will gather here for cake and ice cream and we’re going to play a game. I will get on the massage chair blindfolded. Each member of my family will work on me for one minute while I try to guess who it is. I only get 3 guesses in that minute, and if I don’t accurately choose who it is that’s working on me, at the end of the minute, someone else gets started massaging me. Sound like fun right? Well, fun for me, hahaha!! But finally it’s my turn, at many of our family gatherings I have my massage chair available and gladly work on whoever wants a turn.
At age 47 I am healthy, happy, and looking forward to the future. I have a lovely wife who has been very patient with me over the years, especially when it comes to massage. When I was in massage therapy school here in Kalispell, I would come home many days excited to show her some new stretch or technique I’d learned. She would give me feedback and help me see where I could improve. And all she REALLY wants is a nice-lazy-cookie-cutter”put me to sleep” kind of massage. AAAhh, honey, maybe someday…
Over the course of my life I have had many jobs: I worked many years in the restaurant and bar industry, I managed a record store, I played drums in rock bands, I managed the warehouse at Sears, I worked as a telephone debt collector, and now massage therapist. Quite the diversity of experiences for Johnny Cochrane. And of all those positions that I worked at to put food on my table, now I have the opportunity to REALLY help people. Maybe that’s why at age 47 I look forward to the future. Or maybe it’s the thought of coffee each new day, who knows…Thanks for reading this. Now make an appointment for massage therapy so you too can have a healthy future!
