>> Though I doubt Bruce would recognize it as such. <<

Sooth. He runs forward but doesn't look back. He's too quick to cut and run, dump whatever he's carrying. He needs to learn how to go back for what he's lost.

>> Going back to reclaim something lost-- in this case, a piece of his childhood. It's not the same, of course, but it's /honored/, and it can be satisfying in a new way. <<

I think so too.

>> Sometimes, I struggle with sankofa, but it's something I'm determined to focus on, and become comfortable with. <<

It takes practice, not just with personal things, but ancestral ones too.