Going away to camp is an escape, a refreshing of your soul, a means to disconnect from all you are day-to-day....and yet connect much more deeply with your family and your authentic self. It is returning to the same place in nature, year after year, that creates lasting memories. Kim Kalicky's Aunt and Uncle owned a camp and she spent her childhood there, her memories rich with its part in her life. After fifteen years away from it, she returned as an adult, and for ten years her own young family spent time there each summer. She captures the essence of what getting away, not to France or a...

With 20/20 hindsight, and sons 21 and 17, Kim looks back at her full-time-working-mom life and gives new mothers a peek at what that looks like. Kim was in a minority of friends 20 years ago who worked full time all the way through, but data show young women like her are now more prevalent. With the wisdom that comes from experience and age, Kim offers mothers the two things she would have done differently.