As a parent, and any parent will tell you this, very little, if anything, is more important in this world than the safety of your child. And as that child grows and begins to explore the world around them, along with their newly developing sense of maturity and independence, the feeling of concern and sometimes full-on worry grows with each new step into each new adventure.
Now factor in the undeniably valid concerns that the city you raise your kids in, the city you have known and loved for most of your life, is undeniably changing, and not for the better.
This was brought into stark focus for me this weekend as my youngest, a recent college graduate, informed me that during a Friday night outing with friends to the Capitol Hill neighborhood, everyone in the bar they were visiting was forced to fall to the floor because of the active shooter situation just outside…