Maggie Turner is a Canadian writer and photographer I met on the blogosphere. The past year we've enjoyed visiting each other's journals. Her most recent journal included the concept of Forevers. I found it fascinating. Below is an excerpt from her post as well as my edited response. I've also included the link to the full post called Forever and the Parallax Effect.

What are your reactions to the concept of Forevers? Some of you may be too young to grasp the concept, but for many of us, we are entering or are deep into our Forevers.

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Forevers
Dressing after the morning shower, the concept of forever hit me between the eyes. The clothing in the closet may possibly last for the rest of my life, which is my personal forever.

When my time comes, tomorrow will not be available for things to get better, change, evolve.

This puts a new spin on buying clothing. Every piece I purchase, from now on, has to delight me, because I just might be wearing it for the rest of my life.

With this in mind, I am considering culling my wardrobe to a few loved pieces of clothing. If I am lucky I will wear them out and need new ones!

My Response
Thinking about *forever* is fascinating. Is my 14 year old car my Forever Car? It's been my intention for many years. I'm not a shopper so I suspect any clothes in my closet and dresser are my Forever Clothes. I don't consider my shoes Forever Shoes, though.

I think the reason I find so much pleasure in my home is that I've been striving toward the Forever concept. My choices as a twentysometing are vastly different from the choices I make today. I think we reach a comfortable place in life when we trust our choices to be Forever. I've never liked the flooring in my home. It's probably about 14 years old now, so I've been researching possibilities for my Forever Flooring.

Maggie, one can find it daunting and perhaps scary that Forever choices eventually enter our lives... yet, there is also a comfort and freedom and satisfaction. Nice post. Thanks.

Forever and the Parallax