It’s a lesson I knew.  Much like the time I was around 13 and my friends and I were playing at a construction site.  I knew that I shouldn’t try and walk across a giant pit of mud, roughly 3 feet deep by 50 feet across…. in my brand new Air Jordans!  I knew not to do that.  I did that.  I proceeded to get trapped in the mud and forced to abandon my very popular shoes in order to save myself from being sucked too far into the mud pit.  That was my fault.  I knew better but didn’t act better.I want to wear the camera.

It’s that memory that lead me to yet another parenting lesson. Yesterday, as I’m posting the bad news that The Coop Cam has come to an end, Ryan watches the video of Coop swimming.  With a dejected look on his face, Ry looks at me and says, “Cooper is a star and that’s not fair, I want to be a star too!” He was genuinely concerned that his opportunity in the limelight had passed.  It didn’t occur to me until that moment, but in that moment I was reminded that my boys need equal amounts of attention.  I know I won’t always be able to do so, but when and where I can, I should.