* Can review pleasant and unpleasant memories
* Enjoy some time alone
* Drive somewhere by yourself without crying the entire time
* Realize that painful comments made by family or friends are made in ignorance
* Reach out to help someone else in a similar situation
* Enjoy a good joke
* Eat, sleep, and exercise like you did before your loved one died
* No longer feel tired all the time
* Have developed a routine to your daily life
* Can find something to be thankful for
* Can establish new and healthy relationships
* Can organize and plan for your future
* Accept things as they are and not keep trying to return things to what they were
* Have patience with yourself when experiencing upsurges in grief
* Look forward to getting up in the morning
* Can acknowledge your new life and discover personal growth from your grief

Adapted from The Mourning Handbook A Complete Guide for the Bereaved by Helen Fitzgerald. Simon B. Schuster: 1994.