Acceptance will come, and realization that life, and the healing process of life, goes on. As Dale, himself, said many times, racing is a dangerous sport. But then, most sports can be considered dangerous. I don't know. There does seem to be a stronger sense of family.
Family pulls together, leans on each other and makes it possible to go on.
He will never be forgotten. He will always be remembered as a man from a small Southern town who 'made good'. He will always epitomize the true style of aggressive racing.