I went by to pick up my mom’s resume to email to this consulting agency that has a position available. When I got there my mom had this humongous shelving system from Lowe’s set up in the living room. I said “what is that?” She said “it’s for the magazines.” She has stacks and stacks of magazines around the house on every topic from boating to Martha Stewart – they date back years. She wont throw them away. <\/p>\n
You cannot open the refrigerator because jars and cartons spill out all over the floor. <\/p>\n
She has grocery bags filled with groceries surrounding the dining room table because they wont fit in the pantry.<\/p>\n
I said mom, “it is dangerous to keep all these magazines – it’s a fire hazard.” She got pissed and had a crazed look in her eye and said “I am keeping them.” I said “ma, this is getting ridiculous – there are stacks everywhere – you haven’t even unpacked these groceries on the floor for the past four months.” She said, “I like it this way.” I said, “it’s nutty.” And then we got into a heated argument and I stormed out. <\/p>\n
I’m not being compassionate. I know. <\/p>\n
I looked up hoarding on the internet – [god bless the internet and access to information] – it’s like the Borg without having to mind meld. Here’s what I found:<\/p>\n
http:\/\/www.la4seniors.com\/hoarding.htm#top%20hoarding%20page<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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