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by Jason Reimund You know, no matter how you look at it, it seems to me that children are the keepers of life. They are the landlords of curiosity, The commanders of everything new. Every dawn cast upon our great rolling hills, Every brushstroke to our masterpieces, Every thread to our quilt, Every word to our sentence, Every thought to our being was created by a child When life has lost it's wonder, When life has stopped amazing us, When there are no more questions to interest us, When we have become bored, Children give us a way to start all over again. Children, my friend, are our pathways to everything new.

Meet my recombinant DNA experiments:

Did you see Bryn, Aubrey and Devin on Nick News July 6, 1997?!!!! They were so cute.
They were being interviewed for a segment on SETI.  The producers contacted Paul and asked
if any of our members had kids in their target age group.  He said, "Boy, have we got a deal for you!"

I can't get them all together for a group photo anymore, so they remain eternally young here.  (Actually, we had a family photo taken in December, but Bryn had his head shaved.  And now, he won't get a haircut!  So this remains my favorite picture.)
 
 

Standing from L: Devin, Bryn, Aubrey.  Seated from L: Erin and Curran

Five Bailey Boys in 1998




 
 

January 2002- Everybody except Andrew, including Bald Bryn.

From Left Rear: Devin, Aubrey, Bryn, E*ika
From Left Bottom: Erin, Paul, Muriel, Curran




To see newer pictures of Aubrey, or the other boys, go to Paul's personal site.
He has a great page of Curran playing Challenger Little League.

Well, except for the giftedness and CP, you can't tell they have anything wrong with them anymore.  I put their former diagnoses to give the rest of you hope.  They CAN get well.  They CAN beat asthma!


 

I started having recombinant DNA experiments in 1984. One, every two years roughly, until I had five sons. Boy, oh boy, oh boy. Am I ever hoping for granddaughters! I thought that if I were a really good mother to the boys, God would reward me with a girl. Apparently, She thought I was too good to waste on an easy child. I stay home with the boys and take them to their various appointments. I am divorced and remarried. Each of my sons has one or more special needs. Therefore, I am active in support groups for gifted, learning disabled, ADD and handicapped kids. Five boys, 4 IEPs. This is special education talk. IEP stands for Individualized Education Plan. It means I have to attend so many meetings that the school is thinking of giving me my own desk.

The five Bailey boys live with me and my "Dr. SETI", H. Paul Shuch. Click here for our engagement photo. We were legally married on Dec. 30th, 1996.  I will get two anniversaries a year! Paul is the director of the SETI League. You can find out lots more about his work there and see some casual pictures of me there. I gave him Paul's Song Page for life outside of work. Unfortunately, he hasn't given me any songs to put on it yet. I think he is shy. ;-)

You can see a formal picture of me to commemorate my 40th birthday. I actually won it in a Mother's Day Contest. It was a random drawing, but I deserved it more than anyone I know. Do you remember Queen For A Day? It was a TV show where women would tell how hard their lives were so they could win prizes like a new washer. Somebody should give me a year's supply of laundry detergent!

My mother, Joyce  led quite an interesting life. She was even declared dead several times. The last one stuck.  She even wrote a book, (excerpts coming soon).  I am looking for a publisher, (hint, hint).