Hierarchy

Life is fill of hierarchies. Levels of importance. What comes first. Who comes first. I realized yesterday that simple things like call waiting have a hierarchy. When we are talking to someone and another call beeps in, we have to make the decision of who is more important on the call chain. Last night I was talking to my son on his way home from work. I had not really talked to him in a day. My parents beeped in. Since I wanted my son's attention, I ignored the beep. I knew I could call my parents back in five minutes but if I got off the phone with my son, he would not have time to continue the call later. After a minute of talking to my son, his brother beeped into his phone. Within a split second I was rushed off the line, so he could talk to his brother. My son was first on my hierarchy, but I was second on his. That is exactly how I would have wanted it.