A Return to the Motherland
I still remember the first time I stepped foot on this island. Cicadas chirped in the background, the scent of yulan flowers permeated the air, and a sun brighter than my pale skin had ever seen before beamed down on me. I was a wide-eyed, 19-year-old college student who had come to study Chinese at TaiDa University. Me and Dad at National Taiwan University Standing next to me was my Taiwanese-born father, serving as the bridge between my American upbringing and Asian heritag