This is a book to inform, guide, and support individual caregivers and families, helping them to understand elder care. During the author's seven-year journey as her mother's caregiver, she tried to preserve the best aspects of their relationship while old age and illnesses challenged them both. Being a caregiver is undoubtedly a difficult role, but the author discovered strategies to ease the emotional upheaval and ultimately seek the beauty in caring for an elderly parent.