A close-to-life story

This happened when I was about 8 years old. I'd like to mention that my mom was not
the person who she is today. She was really short tempered. We were staying in Pottsville,
Pennsylvania. My parents had removed all the bedsheets and pillow covers and put them in
the wash.
I was sitting in my parents room, watching TV. I don't know how I had a marker, but I
had a marker with me. I unknowingly started drawing on the mattress. I drew a peace sign,
my signature, and a woman holding a baby. I assure you, it was a horrible painting.
All of the sudden, my sixth sense went off and I realized that my mom would be
coming to put the bedsheets on anytime now. I tried wetting the mattress with a little water to
see if the marker would come off. But of course, I was drawing with a Sharpie (permanent
marker). I suddenly had the "brilliant" idea to put shampoo on the mattress to get the marker
off.
I dumped a whole bottle of shampoo onto the mattress and started scrubbing like
crazy. It still wouldn't come off. I heard my mom coming up the stairs and I ran into my room.
I heard her come into her bedroom and I guess after seeing the foamy mattress, she screamed.
I slowly came into her room and whimpered. I told her what happened. She was about to
smack me when my dad came in and asked what happened.
My mom summarized the story. My dad's a really calm and chill guy. He started to
laugh and told her to relax. My dad went and got a hair dryer and started to the dry the area.
My mom kept scrubbing and all she would get is foam. She got so angry and she started
chasing me with a shoe. My dad told her to relax and to settle down.
I remember my dad sitting there with the hair dryer for about an hour until finally, the
soap and water dried up. My mom yelled at me and told me to never do it again. We still have
the mattress and it brings up a lot of stories of when I was young and "rebellious". We laugh
about it till this date.

Questions:
1. What was the canvas of the young artist?
2. What did she draw?
3. What did she use to clean the drawing?
4. What happened when her mother found out?
5. Who saved her?