Not keeping up

I was just looking through some blogs -- okay, I was blog stalking and I came across Coty Hurst's blog. I feel this "special" connection to Coty somehow. I hope she doesn't mind me talking about her (I doubt no one looks at my blog so she'll never know). Anyway, she just had her third boy and her husband just graduated with his MBA and I was looking at her pictures and it's so like my life was 10 years ago. It's almost eerie. Ten years ago Joel was finishing up his Master's Degree at Utah State University, we had just had our third son and we were loading up all our belongings and heading to Mobile, Alabama. It was crazy. Of course we were heading for more schooling....it would have been nice to have had school "all done" with only three boys but we weren't completely done with school until we had four. Anyway, looking at all of Coty's pictures just reminded me so much of when my boys were young -- I was exhausted, but I was so happy to be able to be with my boys and just watch them grow and enjoy every moment of their lives. I saw the picture of Coty's shower and immediately felt guilty because I didn't make it. I don't even have an excuse. Is forgetting everything you are suppose to do a good enough reason? Probably not. I remember when Cynthia Lewis lived here I would call her and ask if I had anything to do that day and she would often remind me of a dentist appointment or a school program I had that day. And she had a lot more going on than I did! Anyway, Coty, thanks for sharing those pictures. I do love you and I love your little family so much. You will be so missed in Stillwater!