BY JILL MATLOW Do you remember the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants? It tells the story of a pair of jeans that fit four best friends who were all shapes and sizes and follows these characters over the summer as their lives take different turns. I was reminded of that movie when I went home over the Thanksgiving holiday in November. I spent the last few months leading up to Thanksgiving going through my closets trying to find clothes I no longer wore or that no longer fit me which I could then donate. During this search party and deep in the back of my closet, I discovered my late grandfather’s long cashmere coat, which I had been holding onto for over 20 years. Shortly after his death in 1995, I started wearing his coat, just so that I could still have a piece of him close to me.
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