LOST AND OVEWHELMED

     
     Almost immediately, after we found Andrew’s last dorm, we found the restaurant and sat in the parking lot, completely lost and overwhelmed. We were no longer interested in dinner, if we had ever been. We limped home, struggling to discuss what had just happened. 
     It was a powerful night and for me the very beginning of the realization that we could keep searching but we would not find Andrew in the places he had been. This awareness continues to confound me. It hits me hard