I would be confident to say that everyone knows a working mother or two personally. Working mothers are quite the norm and touch every aspect of our modern day society. I am one of the many working mothers in the full time work force today. Personally, I would laugh at the term normal when used in the same sentence as mother. At times my life and is quite the opposite of what others would consider to be normal. I have a full time job and a full time family. I can say that life can be hectic, challenging and rewarding all in a single day at any given time. Each day is filled with the challenge of holding down a full time career and the grace of being a loving mother of challenging children. In the end, the rewards are endless and my goal is clearly to be the best at all I do in my career and for my family.
             I can personally say that having a full time career and being a single mother is draining for a lack of a better term. I raised my son Alex as a single mother since he was 7 years old. During that time I worked full time as an Escrow Officer in the real estate industry and attended a career college part time. My day started at 5 am with making lunches, checking homework and getting my son off to school. If there was any time left I then felt privileged to enjoy a cup of coffee or do my own hair before rushing out the door. My morning challenge began by taking my son to school, fighting traffic and trying to make a goal of getting it to work on time. My day then continued with the usual rat race of phones, clients and time crunches to the very end. During the day I had to also find time to run down the daily list of personal mental chores in my head. Is my son having a good day and are his grades doing well? Are my finances in order? Do we have milk at home? These were just a few of the normal laundry list of things dancing around in my head daily. I also felt that I wasn't just working a job, but I was working on a career to ...