You went on a talent search one day, and never came back. Where you searching for you, were you searching for me? Was it my talent or was it your talent? Does it really matter anymore? All we know is, one cold morning, there was frost on the leaves, you crunched your way out to the car. "Where ya goin?" we implored. Talent search was all we could make out as you yelled over the sound of the engine and your Bruce springsteen tape as you sped away.
The kids didn't mind at first. That hardest part was explaining to our twelve year old daughter why a talent search was taking two years to complete. Your mom wanted to conduct a really thorough talent search we would explain. Twelve year olds know how long a talent search takes!
Back in college you pulled one of these talent search lost-half-a-year disappearing acts. Right during finals. We all knew you had talent, but you were taking it to the extreme. These days, often it seems it would be better to head right on out after you, on a new talent search, and maybe our paths would cross.