Attachment is important.
Recently, my grandma collapsed and was sent to the hospital.
Her case was classified as "serious" and even if she were to wake up, she would be half-paralyzed. This is irreversible.
I received a sms from my dad regarding it that morning (I was in sch). But somehow... I didn't feel the sense of fear(that she may leave us) one should feel... It was like just... A stranger whom was of no concern to me. :/
That day, along with my sisters, I went to the hospital to visit her. I think it was last friday...?
She was lying unconscious on the hospital bed, with tubes poking through her skin. Upon seeing her, 1 of my cousin's eyes had tears rimming @ her eyes (though she did not let it flow, I could see that she wanted to cry)... The difference was that my sister and I didn't feel that sad to the extent our tears would automatically form.
I thought that I was getting heartless because I did not feel that much... But maybe it's also because I don't have any sense of attachment to my grandma...? & I didn't have much good thoughts about her while she's well...? :/ I would prefer to believe it's the latter...