An inspirational story about a remarkable young man

[ladypanther]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/03/25/king-soopers-shooting-flowers-colorado/
 

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The morning after the deadly mass shooting at a grocery store in Boulder, Colo., JJ Witmer, an 11-year-old boy from nearby Brighton, sat on the couch beside his mother, watching the news.

Jody Witmer explained to her son that 10 people were killed at a King Soopers store, a grocery chain the family frequents.

“As a mom, you want to educate your children, but you also want to keep them safe and free of worry. I didn’t want him to fear going to the grocery store,” Witmer, 51, said. “But it was inevitable that he was going to hear about it since the shooting was very close to home.”

Her son is normally a talkative kid, she said, but after she told him about the attack, “he got really quiet and introspective.”

For JJ, hearing about what happened was, “was really scary and sad,” he said.

Terror in a Boulder supermarket: How the King Soopers shooting unfolded

While he was most devastated for the victims and their families, he said, he couldn’t help but think of King Soopers employees around the state, who had to go to work the day after three fellow supermarket staff were killed.

JJ turned to his mother and said, “We need to do something.”

He proposed handing out flowers to employees at King Soopers stores in Brighton and Commerce City near his home to show support. His local stores are about 25 miles from the Boulder store where the attack happened, but he said he knew it would be hard for employees everywhere to show up to work the day after the shooting.

“Let’s do it,” Witmer said to her son.

 

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[Paa Langfart]

nice find lp

 

also from the article

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The mother-son duo first headed to a King Soopers store in Brighton. JJ asked to speak to the store manager, who gave him permission to distribute flowers to all employees.

 

He purchased dozens of carnations in a variety of bright colors and paid for them with money he earned from dog-walking. When JJ told the florist his plan to give a flower to every store employee, she offered him a generous discount.

That’s when he turned to his mother and excitedly said, “kindness is spreading!” Witmer recalled.

 

[Khyber53]

Enough kids like that and we might be able to fix this old broken world.