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Queen of the Five: March 2011

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Thursday, March 10, 2011. Three weeks before your due date, during a major snowstorm, I slipped and fell hard. In the snow. Contractions started that evening, and we had to dodge black ice on the way to the hospital. The car clung to the pavement as my husband veered between the desire to move faster and the desire to be safe. You grew and I l...

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Queen of the Five: February 2010

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Wednesday, February 17, 2010. My older two sons are a tough bunch with their special needs. So, having a third son whose challenges are mild has been a nice break. We were at his four year checkup while the pediatrician quizzed me on his milestones. Stands on one foot? Jumps up and down? Climbs stairs without using the banister? Usually I rewa...

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Queen of the Five: Where everybody knows your name

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Saturday, April 2, 2011. Where everybody knows your name. Last year, I signed up our Spencer for a special-needs baseball team. He was thrilled to participate in an organized sport and had a wonderful experience. Before each game, I would pull the referees aside and explain that my son has Asperger's Syndrome. Sometimes Spencer would leave his...

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Queen of the Five: Grab on

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Thursday, March 10, 2011. Three weeks before your due date, during a major snowstorm, I slipped and fell hard. In the snow. Contractions started that evening, and we had to dodge black ice on the way to the hospital. The car clung to the pavement as my husband veered between the desire to move faster and the desire to be safe. You grew and I l...

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Queen of the Five: Fortune Teller

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Tuesday, November 22, 2011. Recently I helped to set up my son's school for the Fall Festival (or, as my little Aspie. The irony that a hard-core scientist was helping to set up a fortune-teller booth was not lost on me. After the booth was set up, I left to help others, promising to bring my son to her booth later. My husband brought our ...

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Queen of the Five: Heart

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Each morning, I wake my special-needs son a little earlier than the others. Each morning, we trek to the bus stop and he boards the bus that takes him to a separate school from that of his neighborhood peers. It's been a long journey, but we've made so much progress. Hello, Connor." I said. My breath caught in my t...

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Queen of the Five: January 2010

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Saturday, January 16, 2010. One of our kids' favorite books to flip through and spend time with is Richard Scarry's What Do People Do All Day? The first time I saw the title it really tickled me. After all, a child's world can be pretty small. Who knows what they're thinking in those little heads? This second group consists of what I would wea...

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Queen of the Five: Winners

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Thursday, April 7, 2011. Part I of this story is here. A few games into the basketball season, I realized just how confusing the sport must be to my special-needs child. His teachers and therapists (and parents! And here we were, nullifying all that. His voice went from incredulous to elated at light speed. What reward would you. Umm I want to...

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Queen of the Five: December 2009

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Queen of the Five. Job description: chef, laundress, teacher, chauffeur, therapist, paramedic, firefighter, judge, jury, executioner. Do I get hazard pay for this? Friday, December 4, 2009. I'm sure those girls' moms feel the same way about my living, breathing, destructive ping-pong balls I have for children. To each his (and her! So being a basketball coach means that I get the best of both worlds. My first year, I had one girl on my team who didn't make it through the season. I know you can do it.".