English paper undertaking

I have to write an informative essay that ties into a paper we did regarding our personal credos. My personal credo was about how important it is to create family memories. I wrote about my mom's mental illness and how even though most days were a trial, she still managed to create some great memories for us kids. So I decided to do my informative essay about Parenting with Clinical Depression. I have some concerns that this is going to be a much larger undertaking than I am planning. So here I sit at my office, not doing any work, but doing bunches of research to see if perhaps I am getting myself in over my head. I guess we'll see, won't we?