(I apologize for not accepting challengers for this challenge before. I was on hiatus for a week and forgot about it. I will be sure to actively check for interested challengers from now on. Thank you.)

Everyone has some place in the physical world or their imagination that they like to go to simply get away from the struggles of life. These places give us the fresh air we need to deal with our troubles, even if they aren't real.

I like to call my page The Sanctuary, but it is one of many, imaginary and real. So, I ask you to describe one of your sanctuaries, whether it is real or not. Use as many words as you'd like. I'll read even the longest entry, but be descriptive of how this place helped you when you needed it, though you don't need to be specific.

Now, because of the variety of entries that this topic can receive, the winner should be determined by how profoundly their sanctuary helped them and not how amazing the place is. To start, I will give mine below without much description, if you'd like an example. Good luck to all participants!

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When I can't take a stroll through a forest or simply don't feel like leaving my home, I visit a place in my mind with no particular name. It is a quaint cottage in a large meadow that changes with my wants and needs. I can be alone or with company here. I can do anything or nothing, which is what I usually choose. I can organize my thoughts or let them go with the wind that drifts through, rustling the surrounding trees. This place has helped me in times of stress, when I needed nothing more than to be with nature, when no one could understand my restless desire to just run into the woods and do nothing. Now, in college, I can find solace in the neighboring forests and rest by rivers without care for frivolous things. This is my sanctuary. What is yours?