I took a picture of these old board games many years ago and every time I look at them I am amazed at the way they make me feel. Safe?  Happy for the pretend people living in their pretend sea-side paradise?  Glad that life can be that simple ?


But there are people in my books who have been hurt and scared because I gave them "real" lives. I know they aren't real, but I also know that there are are people all over this planet who fight their way though their lives even though they k...