What are the motifs in Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath?

The value of travel is a recurring idea in the book. Throughout the narrative, Primrose speaks of herself as having a desire to travel, referring to Miss Honeycut as having been well traveled and as having seen the kinds of different places and different lives that Primrose longs to see. As the narrative closes, however, and as a clear reaction to what she has discovered about the sort of person Miss Honeycut actually is, Primrose comments negatively on travel - specifically, on how she's come to realize that travel isn't necessary when it comes to understanding people and understanding oneself.