It's interesting to see how people deal with it when tragedy strikes. Personally I always feel like I should feel more until it hits me and I start bawling my eyes out. In the case of last year I was a proper wreck at the funeral. So much so that people saw the need to comfort me when I wasn't the one that really needed comforting.
Yesterday was the funeral of the family friend and, although I unfortunately couldn't attend -though I really wish I could have- the first thing I asked was about how the family were. I was told that they seemed strong yet calm. I was actually told that it seemed like someone had been forcefully sedated.
I doubt this was really the case but my reply was simply, "Sometimes trauma can be a great sedative." I don't know whether this is true or not, but at the time I felt that it was. Some people lash out and go mad while others seem to struggle with it to the point of seeming like a lost, broken soul.
I think that the closer the pain hits, the stranger people seem to react. Strange to all those who do not understand yet overwhelmingly understandable to those who do, even if not initially. What do you think? How would you react to the passing of a loved one?
My belief is that we should not leave things unsaid. We don't know when this cruel world will snatch up people we care about. Mortality is a bitch.
R.I.P. Tessie Attard
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