"Can you hold on......"

Now…I am not a mom, so I realize that it would be impossible for me to understand what it’s like to have five kids……but I’ve learned a thing or two about moms over the years….especially how they are amazing multi-taskers. Take talking on the phone for instance. My sister Holly LOVES to “talk” on the phone. Here is a pretty typical conversation between Holly and I: "Hi Aim....yow ya doing?" Good...how are you? I am…… Aim.....hold on a second...........................................................BEN! No Ben, don't touch that, BEN! Amy......hold on! (45 seconds later and some crying in the back round) Aim.....I'm sorry....Ben just swallowed a knife and I had to pull it out. I think I need to take him to the doctors. Holly.....sounds like you probably need to run....you sound really busy!Oh..no...he's fine now......he's down stairs watching the Wiggles. Hang on......(20 second pause) I keep hearing weird noises. Aim....hang on.....one more time....Holly....just call me back when you have a second.... NO...Just hold on! phones drops and I hear her scream(68 seconds later) Aim? Are you still there? Anyway...what was I saying? Oh ya.....then my friend found out her 18 year old daughter is dating a 52 year old man who occasionally cross dresses... Wait, Holl....what just happened? Oh.....William (6 years old) was driving up and down the street in the mini van......I don't even know where he got the keys.....anyway...he ran over the knife Ben swallowed and I had to change the flat tire so that I can take my baby over to Becky Farley's house for a primary “after halloween celebration”....we are going to make home made Root Beer. (More screams in the back round…probably from a three year old.) Aim……hang on, don’t hang up, I’ll be right back…….. (In the distant back round, I hear Ben explain why he was licking the “ICE” and then I hear Holly explain to him something about the difference between “Mommy’s Ice” (that she had bought to make the Root Beer for the primary party—DRY ICE) and regular ice!) Aim……I’ll have to call you back. I can’t get the ice off of Bens tongue! So….anyway, I am drying to know what happened to her friends daughter and the 52 year-old cross dressing boyfriend. (Pretty sure I’ve seen the guy on line though!) Happy Friday everyone!