One of the things I learned when I went back to Taipei after nineteen years absence was that my moms still got lots of family there! My uncles and just everyone over there in general were super friendly to us and helped us with everything. I felt a bit guilty after the trip because I waited so long to go back. Sometimes you don't need a reason to visit the mothership. Sometimes you should just go, and afterwards, realize it was calling and sending out a 'come home' signal the whole time. E.T. had it right, I did not. But my lack of awareness never is an...