This is what Acceptance looks like
The more and more time that passes the more I am accepting of my reality that this is my new normal. Does that mean I’m happy about it? Heck No! But with acceptance that I cannot change my reality comes peace. Perhaps I’m over the grieving phase of my loss moving directly into the acceptance phase. The five stages of grief if I need to remind you (I had to remind myself): The five stages: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. I went through the first four kicking and screaming. Now I’m rounding into acceptance and I was tested on it today. I had a great week. Even a fabulous week. Did I win the lottery, reconcile? Or get a promotion? No, what made it a fabulous week was simply my attitude. Something that was entirely in my control. Event wise it was a fairly non-chalant week. I did have my daughters to look forward to this weekend so that always helps. But the weekend did not quite go a...