“The Only Way to Go, is To Go Back”

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We were always on our way. Rolling  up our sleeves

Ever moving forward
In the tracks where we lived our simple lives

Kept our blinders on

Eyes to the horizon
I know I’m no doctor but I know

You can’t live in the past

But the only way to go is to go back
So we hold to who we are*

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“I dreamt I went back … and all I could do was cry, because I loved it so much and missed it.”**

These words, penned by a friend, capture the feelings of many adult third culture kids. Though it has often b...