Lithuanian-run kindergarten in Finland vandalized, owner vows to rebuild

Simona, who runs a kindergarten in Finland, discovered a scene of utter devastation upon arriving at work one morning. "I'm sitting, drinking a glass... If I had a cigarette, I'd probably smoke it today. And not just one. They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well... today I'm drinking lemonade," she wrote on social media.

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I'm sitting, drinking a glass... If I had a cigarette, I'd probably smoke it today. And not just one. They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Well... today I'm drinking lemonade.

She received a call reporting a possible break-in and rushed to the scene. "I was at work within minutes... And even now, it's hard to describe that feeling when I opened the door... I was met by two police officers, and then we walked together from one room to another... There wasn't a single wall, not a single room that wasn't devastated."

Paint was splattered on walls, floors, furniture, and toys. "Nothing was stolen! Everything was just destroyed," Simona recounted. The police noted that such incidents often increase in the summer, with teenagers looking for adrenaline rushes and inventing 'entertainment'.

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There wasn't a single wall, not a single room that wasn't devastated.

Despite the damage, which she estimated to cost tens of thousands, Simona is determined to repair the kindergarten. "I cried a little bit... not out of sadness or hopelessness. Definitely not! It was more out of immense anger, like damn, why?! Nothing was stolen! Even the chocolates for teacher gifts were left on the table. But broken things, all possible walls and carpets splattered... in short, a sight worth tens of thousands...", she wrote.

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Nothing was stolen! Everything was just destroyed.

She questioned what kind of person would want to destroy a place meant for children. "I think, what kind of person has to grow up to come to a place for children and feel the desire to destroy it? To splatter paint on children's drawings, break their toys, destroy the space where they learn to make friends, laugh, and grow every day... And one thought keeps spinning... very often, those who have been hurt themselves hurt the most. I don't know who did this. I don't know their story. But I really want to believe that at some stage in their lives, they lacked something very much...", Simona said.

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I cried a little bit... not out of sadness or hopelessness. Definitely not! It was more out of immense anger, like damn, why?!