I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. I felt something 1 had happened. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the 2 at once. She explained that she' d 3 my two boys, George, then five, and Mickey, then four, crying. At first, she had 4 it, but when the crying continued for a long time, she 5 something was wrong. So she came round and discovered my wife, Mary, lying on the 6 floor. She had been emptying the dishwasher 7 a live wire fell and touched her.
Mary was taken to hospital. When I arrived, doctors were trying to rescue her, but there was no 8 . I explained to the boys that Mum had died; I felt it was important to be 9 with them. For a year I was in a suffering 10 of mind. I went through the activities of a father but inside I felt 11 .
Later, I felt I had to honor my love for Mary by not breaking 12 . She married me because I was a 13 man and I knew I had to carry on and actively chose to swim rather than 14 .
We moved to another city but two years later, I was diagnosed with cancer (癌症). The anxiety that had been gone came 15 back – would my boys be left with no parents? 16 , the disease was in its early stage and doctors could treat it in time.
17 everything happening to me, I realized merely thinking " why me" doesn' t 18 . We have to learn to accept and adapt to the 19 it has brought about. It is no use thinking about the past or being worried about the future. Instead, just focus on the 20 .
