It’s a valid fear that your parents could burn alive in their hoard. It’s also a valid fear that mounds of stuff may become an avalanche, crushing them. It isn’t enough that our parents are aging and dealing with the normal things that aging brings. It isn’t like I haven’t see aging or illness. I […]
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As a day of remembrance on 9/11 I am taking moments today to truly reflect on what it means to serve. On 9-11 our first responders, emergency personnel and countless selfless folks ran right into the crisis and did everything they could to help others. All the way up to risking and losing their very
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While picking my cat (Felix-The Chief Nap Enforcer) up from the vet the other day I had an interesting chat with the Doctor who has helped several of my critters over the past few years. Our discussion was around Felix gaining weight primarily and how that is a good thing given how much weight he
It is estimated that 2-5% of the population in the USA has a problem with hoarding issues. If you also look at how many folks who don’t hoard, but are impacted by it, the number is estimated at a staggering 100 million people! I think of it like a web in which the person with
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Did you know that if you are hoarding, you may be damaging your kids ability or desire to socialize with other kids? Did you know you may be negatively impacting their grades or it may be causing them to get bullied/teased/harassed at school? While this is something we don’t often say, a hoarding parent can
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