This essay is about Carol Fixman's and what her parents taught her many years ago. They taught her the valuable lesson of taking action to find the solution. “I believe in taking action to solve problems around me. Passively accepting the status quo is something that doesn’t even cross my mind” (Fixman, 2016). Carol was able to put the advice she was given to use after her mother passed away.
The next part of the essay went on to talk about Carol’s mother. She loved to write, and would never sit still. Carol’s mother was ninety-three years old when illness gave her a short amount of time to live. She informed Carol that she sent her recent book of poetry to a publisher, but has not heard from them. Carol then called the publisher only to find