Jay Kail:  

This was written October, 2009. The short version: While I went to college and finally majored in anthropology and ancient history (This was long before Indiana Jones made anthropology and archaeology cool.), I married Ben Kail and we had two wonderful and beautiful daughters. (They did NOT take after me.) Since my desire to raise my girls and be with my husband became stronger than digging around in the dirt, plus a car wreck and a few other technical difficulties: I did not really get into that field and I did not want to teach. But I have never lost interest; although my problem is I have had too many interests. While living in Arkansas and before my girls were born, I worked for the NEP (National Education Program - a cold-war anti-communism organization. I know, the name is misleading. No longer exists, I am sure as its time has long passed.) After my oldest daughter, Lisa, was born I was personal secretary to Dr. Betty Caldwell, a child psychologist and editor of "Child Development". a quarterly which published researches in the child development field. Dr. Caldwell was an amazing person. (My room-mate from college called me and told me she had to read those quarterlies for her masters which was in child development.) When Shawna was born, I gave up my job with Dr. Caldwell and became a stay-at-home mom and picked up my painting. The painting I have done off and on through the years and have won a few awards, bla, bla bla. My girls started school in Garland, Texas and we moved to Tomball, Texas when Lisa was in the fifth grade. Both girls graduated from Tomball High. Tomball is just outside Houston. Ben and I moved...Expand for more