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Recently, Charleston mom Christine Sweet reached out to me and told me about her company, Brain Blox, and asked me if she could send me a set of wooden building planks. I don't often do product reviews but this felt like a perfect fit: summertime, the kids out of school, and lots of time at home and on screens. But they're also creative, do well in school, and know how to go outside and play. Still, I wanted to try a little experiment: when the Brain Blox arrived in the mail, I wanted to see what would happen if I set them out on the kitchen table and didn't say anything.

Instead, I'd done all the right things, all the things I believed were the recipe for a happy life. I didn’t know being a “life coach” was a thing, but suddenly, I saw myself sharing my own story and helping and connecting with other women. I took courses and got certified as a life coach, and in April of 2008, I started a blog. Today I see clearly that home, finding home, and creating a sense of inner home is the overarching theme of not just this blog, but my life.

The other day, when I finally sat down to write about the question that got my attention—do I feel at home? Back to the article in O. I’m not sure that I can answer the first question—do I feel at home? The concept of home leaves me wrestling with two parts of my personality: the part of me that has spent way too much time browsing the self-help and personal development aisles of the bookstore; the one who wants to believe that every question has an answer and every problem has a solution. So the answer to the question, Do I feel at home?

I expect January to perform like Spring, and January is all, "Hello? But the new year is not like a horse race. I don't have to burst out of the gate when the gun goes off and run like hell because there's only one chance to win. There isn't one set day on the calendar to make things new.