“Home is where everything converges,” Greg said. “Home is where the heart is, and that’s a pretty good definition.”

“I’d never looked at America as an outsider before,” he said. “Before, I’d been guilty of having an American-centric point of view.”

“When I do have a moment to think, I marvel at how much has happened in twenty-five years. So much of it I couldn’t have planned.”

Sam said that she’s less attached to where she lives now than she might have been if she’d never moved. “Nothing feels permanent,” she said.

For Shali, the hardest aspect to moving abroad—on both occasions—was losing her extended family and its closeness.