I went away overnight for the first time since becoming a Mom for my tenth wedding anniversary. My children were 8 and 3. We went to Vancouver for 5 days, and it was really hard to leave them.
I also went away with my husband for a weekend when my youngest was two and stopped nursing. My older ones were 11 and 6 at the time. I enjoyed the first night, but missed my children terribly the second night. Now they are grown up, and the two oldest have children of their own, and I am so glad I always put them first because we are all very close knit. It was a very worthwhile investment to spend all those years nurturing them and not putting career ahead of them. Just my humble opinion as a grandma LOL!