Changing Lives in a FLASH!

Somebody PINCH ME.  

For YEARS and YEARS, I have hinted at, asked for, begged for, not-so-kindly asked Phil and Emily and ANYONE WHO WOULD HEAR ME OUT, for a Flash Mob.  And it's not that I wanted to be IN ONE.  It's that I simply wanted to "happen upon one".  Easy, peezy, RIGHT?! ;) 

Here are some posts in which I have referenced my love for flash mobs:

We Like Big Bubbles and We Cannot Lie

WWRLD

Who doesn't love a good mob?

Happy Un-Birthday, Hunnie!

Local News @ Home

Here are some reasons I'm obsessed with FLASH MOBS:

1)  They make people HAPPY.  There's no way you could happen upon a flash mob and NOT SMILE.  Just like there's no way you could BE APART OF a flash mob and NOT SMILE.  Flash mobs have been proven (I'm sure of it) to improve mood and spread JOY.

2)  The are on the CONSTRUCTIVE, rather than DESTRUCTIVE, end of the "mob spectrum".  The more you flash, the more the spectrum disappears.  To the point where mobs are only recognized as a well-received class of society.     

3)  They are the ULTIMATE gift.  The ULTIMATE "I LOVE YOU SO MUCH."  The ULTIMATE "THIS IS FRIENDSHIP."  AND the ULTIMATE COMMERCIAL IDEA for MasterCard.  #priceless

WELL.

Yesterday.  While my family was headed to the courtyard - (embarrassingly) dressed up like characters from "WHOVILLE".............

(Here's some photo evidence, although I know you already believe me because.........I'm me....)

MY DREAM CAME TRUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I, Lindsay Parkinson (age - ALMOST 30), happened upon a FREAKING FLASH MOB!!!

 My heart is still bursting!

YOU GUYS.  The thing is.

They didn't just do ONE SONG.  THEY DID THREE.  

And they didn't just have matching dance moves.  THEY HAD MATCHING T-SHIRTS.  WITH MY FACE ON THEM!  Or under them.  (Errr.....pictures of that to come!)

And it wasn't just like there were 4 of them.  It was like there were 40 of them.  And they came out in groups, surprise after surprise!!!!!! 

I am still in awe that it happened.  I'm hoping to see some videos today, and then perhaps you will catch a glimpse of the AMAZING PEOPLE that make our community REALLY FEEL LIKE HOME for us here in Kuwait.

Thank you to everyone who participated in making MY DREAM COME TRUE!  I can't thank you enough.  I feel so, so grateful.

Love,

Your ALMOST 30-year-old, writing to you from Cloud Nine, KUWAIT! 

XOXO