Rick shows here his trademark enthusiastic affinity for very young people; forty-plus years later, he’s still exceedingly good with babies.
In the spring of 1968, after a miscarriage, we decided that we’d take the hint and start to build our family by adoption. Told the Little Wanderers, and they got the process under way. Valerie says Maura was our last temporary family member from them.
About this time, wigs became fashionable. Valerie welcomed their convenience, given the effort required to get even one kid ready for Church. Later, she’d obtain a blonde one that some of the kids called “Mommy’s Gwoss Hair.”
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