I can't take back the vacations I never took with my kids. At 51, I'm saying yes to solo travel.
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When my kids were younger, I always put off big family trips for one reason or another. Then I realized I had run out of time.
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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.Fourteen years later, I stood in the same spot right beside the famous portrait of Julia Child. I could not believe my dream came true, and I asked myself a question that made me sad," Why didn't I do this sooner?"I felt free and proud, yet sad, on my first solo trip.I was eager to…