Todays Jim Henson's day

Today is Jim Henson's birthday, this is a mix of emotions for most of us. Happy that such a talented person with such a big heart created and loved making puppets for pure enjoyment and sad because he left us so early.
When I was in my early twenties I was in the Atlanta Airport waiting to board my first flight alone , I was an adult traveling yeah right . To my pure delight I saw Jim Henson standing about 3 feet in front of me, I automatically became 7 years old. Inside my head I jumped so high I hit the ceiling ! Jim Henson I thought Sesame Street , The Muppet show OMG !! He didn't have a thousand people next to him maybe a couple of men and what I think may have been his wife. But one thing I saw was a big black bag with him, I kept thinking " who's with him Kermit, no Fozzie Bear " all the characters I thought he loved the most kept going thru my head. Then he turned around and saw me frozen, I don't remember if I sat down or keep standing there like a big dumb kid. He looked at me and just smiled, I think there was alot of us pretending to be so adult but inside dying to ask " Where is Kermit ? "
Then he and his group boarded their flight, but I will always remember that when he looked at me and  lots of others  around me was saying " thank you guys".

Never did I think being such a Sesame Street junky and loving the adult humor in the Muppets , that I made two little people that have the same feelings for all the Jim Henson's creations. My daughter Ariel is the Muppets expert she has all the movies and has always loved the relationship of Kermit and Miss Piggy. She really loved Fragle Rock series too. She can still laughs at the corny jokes from the Muppet show , she already knew the punch lines. I think its the innocents of the Muppet show that she loves the most. Just plain fun.
 Belle is the Sesame Street junky , shes older now but every now and then I will see her watching it. She loves the episode that there were two little girls swinging on the swings. One of the girls kept swinging having a great time the other girl got tried and layed down on the bench. Well the little girl that ate the banana kept playing but the little girl that ate the donut was tired. I loved that one too!

When I was little there was a Sesame Street episode that showed a little boy (puppet)  lost , someone came up to him and asked " what does your mom look like? ". The little boy said " She is the Most Beautiful Mommy in the World" . So the kept bring beautiful ladies to him asking " here is your mommy this is the most beautiful mommy we found ", the little boy kept telling them all the ladies where not the most beautiful and they were not his mommy. Then a lady (puppet) came and said  "son I am here ", the people said "but she is not the most beautiful mommy in the world ". The little boy said " she is the most beautiful mommy to me".  Now that stayed with me because as a tiny person I understood that beauty is in our eyes. 
So my little tribute is done, what I really wanted to say is "Thank You Jim Henson, this family is regratful for all you have done for us and the world. "

Ta Ta for Now !!

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