I Believe She's Amazing Flash Mob

And this...

A flash mob dance organized by Kim MacGregor of IBelieveShesAmazing.com in honor of her great friend, Erika Heller, who passed away in May of 2009 at 31 years old.

MacGregor wanted to start a grassroots movement to celebrate people like Erika, the amazing everyday woman, and the importance of these women in our lives.

She posted the video on YouTube under the moniker 1MillionAmazingWomen with the hope that one million viewers would take the time to acknowledge and celebrate the amazing woman or women in their lives.

The flash mob included 200 people.  Apparently, 80 or so were actual dancers from MacGregor's daughter's dance troop.  The others heard about the flash mob through e-mail or social media and wanted to take part.

You have to watch the video in full screen for the full impact.  The core dancers of young girls and women are just beautiful, but take some time to catch the everyday dancers interspersed on the periphery -- you'll find little girls, middle-aged women, older women, young men, older gentlemen, each dancing with as much feeling and emotion as the next.

When the music stopped, each dancer held up a picture of their own amazing/inspiring woman.

Then, the dancers slowly dispersed into the mall crowds as if nothing completely amazing just happened.

I'm not crying...you're crying.

(For full-screen viewing, double-click on the title)

 

Credits:

YouTube Channel: 1MillionAmazingWomen

Published on May 28, 2010

From the video show notes:

"Kim MacGregor organized this flash mob of 200 dancers to launch the "feel good" movement, "I Believe She's Amazing" in honor of her friend Erika Heller who passed away May 28th, 2009 at 31 yrs. old...this is her living legacy. The amazing choreographers and dancers pulled this together in just one-6 hr rehearsal the day before the shoot."

Song: I Believe by Yolanda Adams from the soundtrack to the movie Honey starring Jessica Alba

Reflections of Motherhood Video by Scott Stratten

Saw this video recently...

Parenting is the most rewarding yet difficult thing I get to do daily.

Sometimes I feel proud...like I'm doing pretty well.  Other times...not so much, which is what makes videos like the one below by UnMarketing.com so welcome and inspiring.

The video montage was uploaded and inspired by Scott Stratten of UnPodcast. According to his show notes: We asked moms if they could go back to before their first baby, what would they tell themselves. These are their answers. Everyone in the video is a mom :)

You will note the video screen size is too big for this blog post, which means you can't see the full screen.  I've tinkered with the HTML trying to reduce the dimensions, but I can't get it to work yet.

For now, double-click on the video title, Reflections of Motherhood, so you can watch the video in full screen.  It will be worth it.




Credits:

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/taDqKWWPDAY

Uploaded by Scott Stratten of UnPodcast - Check out his YouTube Channel
Published on Aug 30, 2010

Produced by UnMarketing http://www.Un-Marketing.com

Additional Credits (per YouTube video show notes): 

Original Post Sponsor: Nummies Maternity Bras http://www.Nummies.com

Song: "Days Away" by InAshton http://www.facebook.com/inashton

Photography: Sara Collaton http://www.SaraCollaton.com