I responded via email, naming my concerns, the misalignment and my disappointment, and I signed it: “In the spirit of loving accountability.”

Before Lineage & Legacy had "a name," before it became a recording experience , a deck, or a communal practice, there was a question that moved me deeply: Who are you from? I was first invited into that question years ago—around 2012 or 2013—and it planted a seed that has been growing ever since. It invited me to locate myself not just by what I do, but by the people, places, memories, and Black women whose lives made mine possible. I want to begin by sharing my I Am From ... or Lineage Bio ...

There is something understated—almost radical—about remembering. Especially in a season that so often rushes us toward resolution. New goals. New words. New intentions.