Forever Unfinished

Note from the Author

I started writing this book while in med school. It started out to be a story about love and heartbreak but it suddenly involved so much more. Medical school was challenging for me. Even though it was my passion, it was also a great struggle. Something was missing all along, and I realized what it was a few years ago. I love reading and writing, a part of me I had neglected and that had lain dormant inside me for a long time waiting to finally awaken. I missed being creative, building in my head scenarios that never existed. It was what saved me during my career.

A piece of me is in every single character in this book. I've been Roberta, struggling with a demanding academic level of medical school that consumed me and even gave me anxiety. It's one of the things that just recently has been looked at and has been given an important role in day to day life. I've also met people like her. People like Alonso, people like Julia.

So many things are wrong with the health system in various countries, especially in Mexico. Even though this is a narrative, and just inspires in events I've witnessed or created, the reality of what residents live through can be inhumane. Being a doctor is a job. And even though we work with human lives, we are also human beings; we also need to care for our bodies as well as we have to care for our mental state.

I urge you to reflect on this and enjoy the story as much as I enjoyed writing it. This book saved me even more than I could explain. It allowed me to fulfill one of my longest desired dreams. Thank you so much to everyone involved.