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A Life Well Lived

by Terrance Longtin

As we fight and fumble through our life, around every turn lies a new and exciting challenge. Though daunting at times, and fraught with many hazards that we may not be able to master at first, something incredible happens, we navigate around every obstacle and either succeed, stall or crash. There were times that you may have asked yourself “why me Lord?”, and felt apprehensive and uneasy about your decisions, a lot of times there were solutions, that came in the form of a sibling, spouse, child or friend, to guide you through the rough terrain. When all the pieces of the puzzle finally come together, you think back in time and realize, through all the turmoil, the heartbreak, the happiness and love, that you have in fact, achieved, what we all truly long for, a life well lived, filled with love, friends and family, and all the memories you have made and cherish, and continue to make until your dying day.
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Terrance Longtin

I'm 62 years old, I am married, I am an artist, I do abstract paintings and sell them locally and on Etsy in Terrance Gallery. I have had 23 major surgeries on my legs, recently Nov 9, Jan 11 and the next one in April. So I have a full leg cast from Nov 9 thru June 28 so I wrote a children's book which has been published and released to the public March 13, 2021. Also I kind of got interested in writing free verse poetry and I have written five so far. I love my cats and my 14 yr old grandson. I'm married to the absolute best wife ever! One of my tattoos is on my forearm, it's from a free verse poem by Walt Whitman called "Song of the Open Road" it's 15 pages long but well worth reading. My tattoo says "all seems beautiful to me" and there's a Chinese symbol for beauty at the end. Walt Whitman is known as the father of free verse poetry. I actually wrote a free verse poem about myself, which I really like.

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Terrance Longtin
Written for my mother in law on her 80th birthday. She's a terrific person and I love her very much.

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