One could say that this trip permitted me to complete a circle; that is, one that my mother started in her 20s when she departed Taiwan and returned to it with me, now in my 20s.
這一趟旅程，彷彿是完成了一段循環﹘﹘母親在雙十年華離開台灣，如今我倆相偕回鄉，我也已年過二十。