Sam and Bud (San Diego, CA, January, 1996)

As I've written, my parents' brothers and sisters became friends. As teenagers, Sam and Bud were close friends. Bud called me after my father died, and he told me that he talked to Sam for a long time, something nice that came out of my father's death.

Here are the two of them at my parents' 50th Anniversary celebration, obviously having a good time: