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Bud and Me: Ain't It Awful?
Minnesota Lakes
1940s--
My mother's first word, as a baby, was calling her brother's name: Bud. She told me she worshipped him when they were young. But when I was born, they were estranged— I don't know why— and I never met him. He had seven children.
In this picture, I can see how close they were, and it makes me so sad to think they had such a falling out. He was the only one besides her who really remembered their mother before she died.
The back of the photo reads: "Is this Lake Minnesota? No, it's Lake Shetek, where the Nelsons went every summer"