Bill mourned for Nellie for over a year. After his wife died, he didn't seem to care to live. Gradually he began to function in his old, sure ways. He decided to take a trip and later to sell the farm and close out the house and part with furniture and mementos of forty-seven years. These behaviors nonverbally signal that Bill has moved from one crisis stage to another. In which stage is he when he moves away from "the old home?"

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Bill's decision to sell the farm and close out the house and part with furniture and mementos of forty-seven years is a signal of his movement into the reorganization stage of grief. This stage is characterized by a focus on rebuilding one's life and moving forward, which Bill's actions demonstrate.

Bill Mourned for Nellie for Over a Year