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When you lose a loved one in this way, making suicide suddenly a very real and very personal thing, it does also become an option. An option for the survivor that didn't perhaps exist before or ever situationally presented itself. Your wife can see it now in herself, and she fears for it for the rest of you.

There may be nothing you can do about her discomfort, as it is unlikely to leave her ever, not if she lives to be 120. I can guarantee you that after just 10 years she still thinks about it every single day (at least).

If you haven't already, you might consider discussing this with a professional yourself, who will give you advice and perhaps help as well with "her baby" who is getting to be old enough to think about the trauma his Mom went through and might help by displaying a maturity of his own re: hunting and firearms handling.