@amberheilman Welcome to Connect, Mrs. H! I thought you might enjoy the Art for Healing discussion. It sounds to me like you might know something about the magic powers of art work in healing and overcoming adversity. I am like you too in that I am the caregiver and the responsible one for my parents and my dad passed a couple years ago. My parents never saw the reality of their situation and both were disabled and could not manage on their own. Those were the hardest years of my life to be advocating for them and taking care of them when I was in need of spine surgery myself, and as hard as that was, there were also the gifts of time well spent that I will always have with my dad. I still take care of my mom, and she is able to live on her own now. Art is one of my passions too and you can find more on that in this discussion. (I have some pictures on the first page) https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/art-for-healing/