This and your other post about being fucked by the roots you put down hit a little too close to home for me this morning. With 3 kids under the age of 13, a nice house, and good work/life balance, I feel stuck between a rock and a hard place.
My 7 year old daughter told me last week about a recurring nightmare she has as a result of "drills" they have to do at school. More than once she's had a dream that she is in the bathroom at school when the real thing they "drill" for starts and she doesn't know what to do. She said in her dream she ends up trying to be as quiet as she can and hopes the bad guy doesn't figure out she's in the bathroom by herself. Hearing it gave me a terrible mix of heartache and rage.
I don't know if moving to Colorado is far enough away from this shit, but I also know that deep down I probably don't have the guts to just pull up roots and get out of this shit show in Texas. Maddening.