Over the new year the town where I live in California experienced what so many others have in recent years. A beloved toy store, long treasured by children and adults, announced they were shutting their doors. The staff informed teary-eyed customers making their final purchases that it simply could not compete with the discounted online sales from a retail behemoth we have all at some point used. As I headed home that afternoon, I felt an overwhelming sense of dread. One of t