I Couldn't Have Done Any Better Author:Elizabeth Long "The unexamined life is not worth living," the philosopher, told us. So from time to time we study our lives and try to make sense of them. Who do we love? What is important to us? What are our dreams? What makes us happy - or sad? Thanks to this lovely book of poems of Elizabeth Long, we now have a primer, a guide for our examinations of our o... more »wn lives, lovingly put together by her husband, Jeb and her friend, Ursula. Elizabeth's poems are a chronicle of a life examined as only a talented writer and a loving woman could do. Elizabeth's poems are odes to a beauty of nature and of love. Through her poetry, she invites us to join her in watching the fireflies, "tiny lights in the darkness", to share with her our own lonely times, "the unpainted empty spaces", to celebrate our loves, "where selfish love once lived, selfless love took its place." This is a sampling of the wisdom Elizabeth has left us in her poetry. Thank you Jeb, for sharing with us this priceless map to our own self-discovery.« less