The answer is, Millie is experiencing "Acceptance stage of the Kübler-Ross model".
Acceptance refers to the last stage of the Kübler-Ross model. This stage is tied in with tolerating the truth that our loved one is physically gone and perceiving this truth is the changeless reality. We will never like this reality or make it OK, however in the end we acknowledge it. We figure out how to live with it. It is the new standard with which we should figure out how to live.
