"Stuart Jenks Sr., Spring, 2001, Mothershead Neck, Virginia" (c) 2001, 2009 Stu Jenks
[Dad died eight years ago tonight, on Labor Day night. This picture was taken six months before he died of cancer. He and I may have had our differences, but I always knew that he loved me. How do I know this? Because he told me all the time. 'Still waters run deep' is how I described my father. He felt love and sadness and anger and hope and fear, very strongly, but he would never make a big show of it. But I always knew how he felt, and one of the things I knew (and know) is that he loved me very much. I love you too, Dad. I miss you.]