I wanted to cradle his face in my hands, tell him over and over who I was and to beg for forgiveness for this entire mess. Instead, something happened. I saw him. My hands were opened and poised to cradle around his face, lovingly, and they froze just before. It's just that he came into view, like never before. Details of his face, his eyes, tiny little things, like the slight gray in his beard, the way his eyes were all accepting and like a veil...