Headlines lead to paranoia

I took oldest daughter Hannah to college Saturday, and managed not to cry until half way home. She's lived with her mother most of these last years, but I still saw her several times a week. Besides, its tradition. Something about her being away at school set my paranoia meter into high gear. As though somehow she never faced any danger before, my mind has been racing through all the things that could go wrong now that she is away. Hell, if she only does 1/3 of the stupidity I did her life is in grave danger. Then just as my mind was settling down, I woke up to the incident at VA Tech. I'm going to have to work harder at this whole serenity thing.