If no one has told you they love you today, let me be the first, he replied as he shook my hand.

If I would have known I would never see him again, I would have replied differently.

Because the narrator thought at the time. Today?

In fact, I do not recall.

And I have deserved the telling. 

And if you happen to see him. My scars are not as painful.

Thank you!  That I had not discarded our Craftsman’s tools

And I love you too!

RGH/WB

9-11-2020