Narrative Amy:	Analysis
How do you start? How they died, or how of they lived? [She shows a family picture]. He completed [suicide] when we were separated. He was depressed, really bad, so that like I was thinking, ‘Get a grip!’ He didn’t eat or sleep, and his behavior changed … [We were together several] years, and had two kids. We had a turbulent marriage, he was into alcohol and depression. With all his abuse, we had a real rough road; I tried to be there but I lost track of me.	Self-critique personal performance
Participant:
Did your kids blame you?
Amy:
I ask if they’re mad; they don’t seem to “get” the question. They were mad before, like, ‘Why can’t we live together?’ But now they don’t make the connection. His family says, ‘He was fine before you left.’ The kids, if they think it, they don’t say it. It’s calmer now … My big focus is the kids, of course. They’ve had good therapy, I really think [the nurse facilitator, who counseled the children] has been wonderful, and I’m always sort of “taking their temperature” about it, like talking to them about how they’re feeling and that. Maybe too much … I’m just concentrating on going to work, do[ing] the school stuff, just keeping it all together pretty much.	Obstacles confronted Positive resolution to difficulties Undertakes purposeful, skillful interventions Self-critique