(why is it so) Hard to Say Goodbye (to our jeans?)

Some years ago, I wrote an article was inspired by a feature article in the Living section of The Palm Beach Post. It was around the time that the movie "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants" had been released. I noticed a call for stories about favorite blue jeans - it especially caught my eye because it began with the lines from Cat Stevens song, "Oh Very Young".   In this song there is an analogy made between blue jeans and young dreams - how neither last forever, and how mending both along the way make it even harder to let go when the time comes. These lyrics had always resonated with me. I still think that this analogy truly captures the joy of treasuring something, be it large or small, and the pain of losing it.  My story  flowed out of me. It was among those chosen by The Post to be printed in the subsequent feature.