A co-worker of mine had a parent who died last week. Yesterday was his first day back at work and I was surprised to see how ok he seemed to be. I know we all handle death differently but when you are ok it means to me that it was someone you were not so close to but this was his parent and he seemed ok maybe even unaffected. I also heard him talking to another person later in the afternoon stating that he had to stay back home the full week even thought he had nothing to do because of his mom. That was so nice he stayed for his mom but its sad he felt he had to do that and didn't do it because he wanted to.
I know its bad to pass judgment and I don't want to but I'm just surprised because I look at myself and I know I would not be ok. I don't even think I could fake being ok, especially if it had to do with my parents.