Personal Development Magazine

They poured over Internet sites forhours, carefully choosing accommodations,finally selecting a condo rental over a hotel. For one, they would be able to use their timeshare week. But having a place of their own where they could come and go as they pleased, prepare their own meals, and each have their
own bedroom would most definitely suit their needs.

Mother and son would be much more comfortable that way. Mark, fifty-two, is a three-time Emmy winning
visual effects artist living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan with his wife, Lisa. They’re the proud parents of Sam, a junior at Columbia University. Mark’s mother, Lorre was born eighty-four years ago in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Married to her late husband Sebastian for fifty-six years, Lorre currently spends most of the year visiting her four children and six grandchildren, who live peppered throughout
the U.S. in Florida, Idaho, Pennsylvania, and New York. With scrapbooks full of many wonderful trips with her brood, Lorre yearned for a different kind of adventure.

As much as Mark loved hosting Lorre in New York City, his hectic freelance schedule didn’t allow him enough time to really connect with mom. “I thought it was high time we took a trip, just the two f us,” Mark said. Lorre jumped at his suggestion. “We both wanted to spend a week together and explore new experiences,” she offers.