“In my reading I found that many hoarders have similar stories to my dad. Maybe they weren’t the children of abusive alcoholics, but they were emotionally neglected at some point in their development. One of the more popular theories behind… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“It seemed beyond my understanding that a mother and a daughter could not love one another. Parents love their kids, kids love their parents—that seemed like a universal truth.” — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“ate matzo on Easter and ham on Hanukah, and I was relatively sure that Christmas was somehow intertwined with my birthday. It all made… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“hoarders tend to be perfectionists, that each item they collect is one crucial part of an ideal world they are ever creating for themselves.” — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“EVERY NIGHT BEFORE I went to sleep, I would conjure the image of the actor George Burns in my head and ask him for… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“My friends lived in clean houses; I lived in a dirty one. I’d always known we were different, but until now I didn’t know… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“One day you won’t be able to pretend everything was okay, and you’re going to hate us.” — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“He might trail off in the direction of a shiny new thought and end up like the man in Penn Station, content to wander… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“father without my mother. He needed her—probably more than I did. I was afraid that without her to anchor him to a normal life… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“My father is a hoarder. I can say that now, and people’s eyes widen in understanding. Maybe they know someone who is a hoarder,… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“In my reading I found that many hoarders have similar stories to my dad. Maybe they weren’t the children of abusive alcoholics, but they… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
“What shames us, what we most fear to tell, does not set us apart from others; it binds us together if only we can… — Kimberly Rae Miller Copy Share Image
