Balancing mom and career.

As I embark on this new journey, it is becoming ever more clear that finding balance is critical in achieving success and happiness.   Juggling career and motherhood is a herculean task and everytime I think I've finally got a handle on it a new hurdle lands in my path.  My desire to excel at both at the same time often proves overwhelming and exhausting, unused to failure, I am often unwilling to compromise at either.  Planning my son's fourth birthday party for forty people, including making eight cakes from his favorite painting, (Wayne Thiebaud's Cakes, 1969) with client meetings and property showings alongside volunteering at church and dealing with the emotional wake of a seperation has left me feeling exhausted.  How does one balance a budding new career with the endless rounds of winter colds and flus?  How does one reconcile an absolute faith in God's path when confronted with the irredeemable in man?  Knowing what needs to get done and being able to accomplish it are two entirely different things.  We all struggle and we all toil,.  What, in the end, is it that divides those that succeed from those who fail?  What is the definition of success?  Being able to get your child to sleep through the night?  A comfortable bank account?  Being able to look around your living room and realize you belong to a community of amazing friends?  Knowing when to cut your losses and walk away?  When you recognize the great and critical difference between being a loving parent and a good parent?  When somebody figures it out, please let me know.  www.angeliquetroyer.ca