Aircation: Cruise Set Chic: Tour the America's with the Lomsak's: Lost At Sea Crochet Duster + Island Crochet Pants + Buttercream She's All That Knit Crop Top

It is not often that I go on a vacation and it takes away from me, but this one did. It's not often that ai leave the country 4 times in one year, but I did in this year.I had gone through tremendous stress, a death in the family, loss, sickness and an extreme amount of travel and by the time this trip came up I really didn't have much more to give after going through back to back hurricanes with Category 5 hurricane Milton taking the biggest toll on Florida.

My cat was officially in hospice care and being cared for full time by me and when I booked this trip in January she was perfectly fine, just elderly. And so, with this year of tremendous growth came a trip that took everything I had left to give and by the time I made it to the gangway, I almost fainted and had to be wheeled onboard with really not much further to go.

It was kind of a foreboding of how my trip was going to go because while I try to take care of myself stress is the biggest threat to women, especially Black women for many reasons. So, I always say, you have to let that stress go and practice self care and put yourself first.

And so, as well embarked on what I thought was going to be our main vacation out of the country for this year and our journey to places we have always dreamed of going. I realized I have over tested my limits (as if it had not been obvious earlier in the year) and my body was not fully having it, but I made it. So this might be the hardest trip I fought for.

So, while the intro to this Aircation sounds kind of harrowing, for me, it was humbling. And the height of maturing for me is just saying "I need help" or "I can't go any further" for me because as someone who has chronic illnesses since I was a toddler. I fight being helped sometimes (ok, a lot of times).

But with a humble heart I always go forward into travel...humble and open to new adventures and experiences with my soul mate.

So, I know it is late...it's so late, but I would like to invite you all to see our experience of traveling the America's. Over the last couple of years my interest in South America has become profound due to my husband and my wanting to gift him an anniversary trip to Panamá. This was the original anniversary gift I booked for him and when I realized after months of research that he would not see enough of Panamá City; I booked us a flight as well. This one however, was non-refundable... so I mean, it's also one of the reasons it was just so bittersweet. And the longest time we ever left the country!!!

But. We had fun so ¡vamos!