I can't take back the vacations I never took with my kids. At 51, I'm saying yes to solo travel.
A 51-year-old woman reflects on her regrets regarding missed travel opportunities with her children while they were young. She is now embracing solo travel as a way to reclaim her personal experiences and fulfill long-held dreams.
Why it matters
It explores themes of parental regret and the evolving nature of personal fulfillment and self-discovery in middle age.
The author said she regrets not traveling more with her children when they were younger, but she's trying to make up for that now. Courtesy of Tatyana Gann. At 51, I took a solo trip to Washington, DC, and had a wonderful time exploring museums on my own. Seeing others with young kids made me miss my own and regret not traveling with them more. I always had dreams of traveling with my family, but other things got in the way. I regret that. As I walked through the Julia Child kitchen exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, I felt like I was experiencing the moment I had seen in the movie "Julie and Julia," when the main character, Julie, took a photo in the museum with a stick of butter.
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