Stage 6 - Increasing Acceptance

Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning.  Psalm 30:5

Acceptance and hope represent the final stages of the grieving process. Acceptance does not mean that you forget or are content with what happened. It is when you begin to acknowledge your loss and begin to think about moving forward with your life. Acceptance is realizing you can’t change the circumstances but that you can control how you respond. It is the time when you experience memories without suffering despair. You begin to reflect on good memories and slowly begin to be thankful for what you had before your loss.
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Now, it may be easier to talk about what you’re feeling and thinking. You will find yourself wanting to engage with friends and family again. Your experience of grief may never come to a complete close, as you’ll always miss your loss.  More and more, you will experience the change that David experienced 

You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness, that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. O LORD my God, I will give thanks to you forever! Psalms 30:11-12