In 1939, Judy Garland starred in The Wizard of Oz, a landmark achievement in the science of filmmaking. The film has become a cultural touchstone for countless reasons, but few moments in the film are better remembered than Garland’s climactic declaration as she begins the trip home. Clicking her red heels, she wistfully ponders:
“There’s no place like home.”
It’s a sentiment that reaches deep inside us all, pulling the fabric of our being and reminding us that we all belong somewhere.
I doubt any of that was going through Dylan Spencer’s head when he re-enrolled at the University of Missouri today, but wouldn’t it be something if it was?