granite1, thank you so much for sharing this!!

"my room" - just the words bring up so many conflicting emotions.

Sometimes it was the very safest place to be, and sometimes the most dangerous.

We hated to visit the home, where the mother still lives, until recently when it has been so remodeled it is almost unrecognisable. Now it is somewhat tolerable to be there.

One thing that still remains the same, on a wall in my room, the spot in the wood where the lines and whorls resemble deer and squirrels. We created a whole magical world on that wall that we often lived in.

How wonderful that your mind was able to create a safe and entertaining world for you to visit when you were in your room. ~ Emma & Julia