Joshua was born in 1991 and began the process of daily exchange from one parent to the other, spending each work-day with his father and each evening with his mother and half-siblings. Weekends were alternated. Because his mother had to relocate, by the age of one he was being transported 2,000 miles twice a month. Once Joshua started school he would travel "unaccompanied' several times a year. When Joshua turned eleven, he realized he had worked out many ways to deal with the variables of each household and the stresses of having two homes. His desire to write a book for other children gave him the enthusiasm to motivate the adults around him to assist him during the seven months it took to complete his project.