It was December 2018. I was 1my PhD in the UK and a professor invited me to interview for a postdoc position in Japan. The online interview, during my visit to my family in Spain, went well and I was sure 2019 would be a 2year.
Then, in April, my mother told me about some 3feelings she was experiencing. But I was focused on my paper, I brushed away my 4.
Later, the doctors had a(n) 5: It was lung cancer. I spent the next two months 6between my research and my family. I made three 7visits home. However, my 8for myself pulled me back to lab. In the meantime, the cancer had 9.
Yet I was set to attend a conference in New Zealand in early July, where I would 10my paper. But on my way to the airport, I 11. Instead of New Zealand, I flew back to Madrid.
I 12my PhD defense. Meanwhile, my mother's prognosis (预测病情) changed from 1 year to months, weeks, then days. I'd thought I had more time with her, but I didn't. Cancer 13my mother at the end of July.
I defended my paper in mid-September and moved to Tokyo to start my 14life.
Please remember life is what happens while you are making plans. If your loved ones 15you, be there for them.
