5 - Back And Forth And Back And Forth And Back And Forth Around Again

Did you catch the title reference to Edie Brickell & New Bohemians’ song The Wheel? Moving constantly, as I did growing up, made that song almost prophetic. Every move meant everything changed—friends, schools, the shows on TV. My parents tried to make each new place feel like home, even though it was a constant challenge. The familiarity of little things—my toys, our VHS tapes, even cereal boxes—became my grounding elements in the whirlwind.

We clung to routines, like Saturday night movie marathons featuring our favorite recorded classics, complete with the commercials my dad sometimes…