Team Smith

Living on the east coast with intl airports a few hours away has changed my air alerts. Now, I get alerts for all kinds of places I have never considered being within our range! If roundtrip tix are under $300 a person, I'll look a little closer. If the destination is in a close or the same time zone, I might follow it. If we got a little extra from me teaching a class, and Matt finishing a Smith&Smith project, and some points or free hotel nights set to expire, I'm totally hitting purchase! 😂 Good example: back in April we spent 4 days in Nassau, Bahamas. It was beautiful! Can't go wrong being so close to water. Hues and shades of blue for miles and miles.  The airbnb had a well stocked kitchen and there was lots to do within walking distance.  It was our first time doing a cultural walk and food tour. Our tour guide was fun and welcoming! We visited 5 places, she told us story after story about people and families and traditions and so much history!!!  I was dumbfoun

Well this was a first! See that picture above? See the last name? Yup, that is my last name. I cannot describe how awestruck it was to walk around the Smithsonian African American Museum, turn a corner, see a photo, read the description, and realize I shared a last name, an uncommon last name, with the person in the image. All. The. Feels. And just days before the Goree Family Reunion?! Stahp it! What in the Wakanda was happening?! I'll tell you what was happening: the ancestors, my ancestors, were telling me to get ready for the reunion to be a healing, joyful experience not to be taken for granted. And it was.  When we confirmed with momma the reunion was really happening, we wasted no time locking down our airfare with a combo of points and red-eye flights for the four of us. These were not direct flights, they were cheap flights! Which meant a layover or two. The layover happened to be in DC. Matt and I have been to DC together, and we've been on our own lots of times. But,