OpHumanAngels: Cascade Mall

Today the kids wanted to go play at the Children's Museum which is inside our local mall.

This mall was the location of a mass shooting inside the Macy's store a few years ago.

"On September 23, 2016, five people were killed in a mass shooting at the Cascade Mall in Burlington, Washington, U.S. The gunman was identified as Arcan Cetin, a 20-year-old who emigrated from Turkey as a child with his family.[4] He was arrested the following day in Oak Harbor, Washington, his hometown.[5][6] On September 26, he confessed to committing the shooting.[7] On April 16, 2017, Cetin committed suicide by hanging himself in his jail cell.[8][9]"
Source:wikipedia

This event was something that rocked our sleepy little farming community. People who had previously held the belief that "nothing like that could ever happen here", had to abandon that peaceful dream. There were candlelight vigils and mountains of flowers and cards and candles outside the mall for months. We held each other up and supported those who had been affected by the tragedy. There were children left behind without mothers. The community pitched in and opened them a bank account that anyone in town could contribute money to. It was wonderful to see our community be there for each other. I wanted to spread some love and kindness there today. It needs it.

For my mission today I wrote out 8 cards I think. But only had the opportunity to place 6 of them. Here they were:

The first one says #BurlingtonStrong. It was our community's facebook tag we used for all posts related to that day. That one went in front of Macy's.

Eventually...first the kids wanted to play!

So much fun! Then they conned me into Chuck E Cheese for lunch. (They really freaking love that place and I just don't get it. But oh well.)

While they played, I snuck cards wherever I could. Here we go..

#1 said "Don't forget to be awesome!". It went in the window behind the couch in the Children's Museum, facing out so everyone passing by can read it.

#2 said "Be Excellent to Each Other", in honor of @phoenixwren. ;) Children's Museum

#3 said "You are Loved" and went in the reading nook at the Museum

#4 said "Today is your day. You can do it!" It was tucked in a cubby of an old 18 wheeler cab they have inside the museum.

#5 said "Do What You Love. Love What You Do." That was on a table at Chuck E Cheese. Sorry, the pic sucks. haha.

#6 was #BurlingtonStrong in front of Macy's on the stand alone sign.

A huge thank you to @steveconnor again for sending us the cards with the steemit logo on the backs of them! All of these cards today were made from them! Thank you again!

The kiddos went right down for a nap when we got home and I'm hoping I still have time to do the dishes before they wake up. Thanks for reading about our ophumanangels mission! Join in the fun by performing any random act of kindness and posting about it in the ophumanangels tag! Spread the love in your community! Love and light to all!