The article explores the author's life as a child who attended multiple boarding schools from a young age due to their parents' constant relocations. Growing up in various countries, including Saudi Arabia and Papua New Guinea, the author reflects on the relentless instability of their upbringing. The austere conditions in boarding school, characterized by strict rules and a lack of personal freedom, contributed to a feeling of rootlessness. Now living in a van, the author embodies the struggles faced by many children from similar backgrounds in finding a sense of home and identity.
I now live in a van. It's common amongst third country kids: settling feels a hard thing to do. Our lives are peripatetic.
After being dropped off, I grabbed my bag and ran up the Elizabethan staircase. A booming voice shouted: GET DOWN, NOW!
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