““This watch my father gave me when I entered the Ministry. I would like to give you more. Take it, Huw. It has marked time that I loved.” Warm from his pocket in my hand, the smoothness of gold and glass. “No need for us to shake hands,” he said, and his voice riding winds and seas, and his back black in front of me. “We will live in the minds of each other, Huw, my little one. Good-bye, with love.””
![“I hear my father's voice faintly, over the telephone, answering for me in a soft drawl. "He's my son." He reaches out his hand, pressing it against the glass, as if trying to touch me. He smiles, and I see a tear making its way down his cheek. [...] I press my hand up against my father's and I'm…” quote by Carolee Dean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/402/carolee-dean-9964_father_i-hear-my-father-s-voice-faintly-over-th_333451.jpg)
