Producer Karen Brown has a history of producing very well-researched and compelling stories on mental health and this piece is no exception. I have to admit that when I first started listening I worried that even a good non-narrative story would be laborious at just over 11 minutes long. Once or twice I felt like it was "long", but then the husband or wife profiled in this piece would say something that was just so genuine and heartbreaking that it drew me back in immediately. And the use of music in this piece was stellar!

This piece is produced in Massachusetts, but I only caught one location specific reference (clinic in Springfield) and I think it could easily air on any station in the country. Memorial Day would be a wonderful peg for this story, but it could air any time.