In January of 2017, I set out on a road trip with two girlfriends. We were headed for the Nashville Flea Market to escape the gray skies of Chicago in winter and the bleakness of our fate as a nation after a contentious election season. Nothing like a little retail therapy, or, thrift therapy, in my case, to lift the spirits. At the time, I had a lifestyle blog (kerwinkelly.com) in which I explored turning 50 and living with a sense of purpose and passion. I was dabbling in D