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Loved and Left

By Nicole Two Hearts

Slipping on that light blue pair of jeans, I slowly zipped the zipper and buttoned the button. Turning to look in the mirror, I admire the jeans, appreciating every hug and curve the denim makes on my legs. Months pass, every time they are worn they witness different seasons, different emotions, and they even experience wear and tear. They had a slight green patch of grass stain on the knee, where I had tripped and fallen, while trying to catch the dog. They were frayed at the bottom of both pant legs. There was a rip in the back left leg, halfway down the waist and knee. I’m sure you’re wondering how the rip came to be but, I myself don’t even know how it got there.  They experienced a 10 hour car ride from Roseau Minnesota to Sioux Falls South Dakota. They were the jeans I wore when I first met my step-brother, when I first met my sister, and the jeans I wore when I first had dinner with my step brother and sister in law.  They even came with me to Aberdeen South Dakota for when I stayed the night at my sister’s house. But when I left there, I accidentally left a little piece of myself behind. My special beloved, pre- broken in, light blue jeans were left behind, and are now thrown away. My beautiful, yet everyday pair of wearable jeans, that had been given to me by a special person, are now gone.