For much of June, we were in the U.S., visiting family and friends. This series of articles offers observations of that trip in connection with raising bilingual children. The journey abroad, between our house in Japan and my mother’s home in the U.S., is always long and tiring, even when it goes pretty smoothly. Sometimes, though, as was the case when we were returning to Hiroshima this time, it offers a series of unexpected challenges. But before I share these