/// Kayla B. Ruhl ///

The other day my son's preschool had an active shooter lockdown drill.  Yes... his  preschool . The thought of someone entering a school filled with preschool and kindergartner babes with ill-intentions and a loaded gun is beyond disturbing. But these drills do exist for a reason because, sadly, incredibly evil things do happen in this world. It stands to reason that the teachers would need to explain to students what a lockdown is all about. I don't know how the concept was explained, but to a class of 4 and 5 year olds it was translated as "bad guys" doing "bad things." My sweet and precious Harvey has the most sensitive heart of any little boy I have ever known. And often that sensitivity leads him to some anxiety and nerves about what feels to most other kids like a small thing. Lately, the things he's been nervous about have been heavily influenced by "bad guys," and that's left us with a couple uneasy conversations wh