Hoarding? I hope not.

I have overheard Rosie O'Donnell discuss the tv program about hoarders .... and I watched it for the first time tonight. RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND .... I want to go home and clean out a room, or a closet, or at least another drawer!
After mom's passing nearly 4 years ago ... we had Dad packed up and moved in a couple of months. A lot of sorting, donating, compressing, trashing, & gifting was done during the process, but as time narrowed, we packed up some things that we knew would have to wait til after he was settled in with us. According to plan .... we put dad to the task. It was difficult for him, as you would expect, and the time came when the Captain and I had to take some of the responsibility on ourselves as well. Being able to pass on things to people who need them far more than any of us, is a good end point, but getting there ..... well, we are still on that journey. In the meantime- the Captain and I have discussed the need to avoid creating the same situation ourselves. Currently, I believe we are losing that battle. On my part ... I may have tipped the scale this past year in a forward direction (getting rid of more than I'm adding) .... but my better half is not doing his part in the "stuff" war. He SEEMS to be listening to me more about it, but I've yet to lead him toward the light. I'm not giving up .... even if it means my nudging turns to the dark side by way of nagging .... CUZ, I don't want my kids to have to figure out what to do with all our ...... STUFF. For the moment, maybe I'll just clean out the make up bag in my purse!!