First off honey, let me start off by saying you got your answer, "but its so hard for me to be okay with that" if you know that you won't be okay with it, then go look! Sometimes we know what we want but we just hesitate to look for it or even try harder. I know it's hard in your situation honey you got people to take care of, but everyone does, because this is what we call "responsibility". Our life is to short to give up on, you should never give up! For us to enjoy our life we must "climb the ladder" and aim for something bigger. So don't stop looking and plus your only 22!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!