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"What goes around comes around" is just one expression related to something we consider a part of us that suddenly disappears and loses favor, and we are LOST…or seemingly so. WHAT will we do without this item? The simple answer is that if you are patient enough and wait long enough, it will reappear.

One perfect example of this amazing adventure for me would be my stirrup pants - the most important part of my wardrobe for years. They would be popular forever. They belonged to the '60s and '70s and suddenly they were considered very out of fashion; very strange; something only a hippie would wear and they were GONE. Woe was me! Recently I noticed that two major clothing stores were now featuring my lost pants as a NEW fashion item. However, within two days both stores reported they were "out of stock" on those pants. I can wait!!

Stovepipe jeans for men have also decided it is time to return, not only as jeans but as part of a tuxedo as well. These jeans found fame in the 1950s and with approximately only a nine-inch opening at the hemline, this may not be an ideal reunion for many. For those of you considering ordering a second pair you may want to check out the rear view first.

The hippie movement was a wild time and surprising many, it has decided to return as a much broader movement allowing participants to suffer less criticism than the previous movement. It might be a good time, if you are so inclined, to inquire about air fares to San Francisco and into the famous Haight-Ashbury area where the "real" hippies of yesteryear gathered in huge numbers.

I remember well toddling around in my very high heels going off to work on a commuter train, then the long walk to my subway line and finally standing all day in those painful heels. For sure they have returned and sneakers have found their way into the back of many closets. Now we have STILTS in terms of how high these new heels have grown! I am envious of those who can handle them without a wobble, but many desperately need to have medical attention waiting nearby!

Don't clean that closet! Instead join the "in" crowd now who MUST own a storage bin for all former discards, which also doubles as a meeting place for early morning coffee and afternoon cocktail hour. The criteria for finding your storage bin are all about location, location, and there is strong competition out there. Tres chic!!!

I think it's time to put away the sadness for favorites that are no longer in style and plan ahead for that BIG party at the trendy storage bin you purchase for each lost item that returns. Naming your bin is a major event. I named mine "LOST AND FOUND." Progress!

- Claire K. Connelly

Claire K. Connelly is the author of seven books, which includes six of children's books. She is also a featured magazine writer for several magazines in North Carolina, where she resides, and has previously written a newspaper column based on humorous incidents in her life. She mentors adults and children who have expressed an interest in writing and publishing. Her children's books include Harley, Harley In The Doghouse, Goober, Moxie and Let's Rocket Into Space. She also has published a book of essays about her life titled Blue Hair and City Bound, which was dedicated to Erma Bombeck. She is currently at work on the sequel.