I've called 12 different countries home. Living abroad taught me how lonely freedom can feel.

The author, shown while in transit on a train, said that every move feels a bit like starting over. Courtesy of Shannon O'Brien. Throughout my life, I've lived in 12 different countries. The moves are all exciting, and I enjoy my life, but I'm paying an emotional toll, too. I always feel like a foreigner, even when I return home to the US, and that can be hard. She arrived in Malta on a Thursday, and by Friday, we were stretched out on one of the island's pale limestone beaches, watching the…