Quote From: justnancyWow I am sorry to hear that you are going through so much! I am especially sorry to hear about your mom! I lost my mom when she was 70 to pancreatic cancer she literally went from teaching aerobics one week to being completely paralyzed from a stroke the next.
It just shows the difference in how people handle things. Nancy sat on the show yesterday and rattled off a long list of things that had gone wrong in her life and she couldn't see that she was the cause of many of those things. And, from what you've written, it sounds like you've been through a lot of stuff, too, but you are stepping up to the plate and handling your life and taking care of your family which are the right things to do!
A lot of people don't have one home of their own to live in, let alone having two! I know that Nancy has an illness, but she needs to open her eyes and count her blessings. I know it's not all that simple but maybe then she can start to work on getting well. It really made me angry, too, to hear her threaten to put those children into foster care, because that's the kind of harmful thing that can really stick in a child's head and threaten their security! Just those three children are such a blessing!
She's not a bad person but she needs to get well if those children are going to have any kind of a decent life. I think maybe that poor Bob drinks himself into oblivion just to block out his messy surroundings. Nancy probably drinks because she doesn't know what to do with herself next. If they could both sober up and keep their house clean and quit buying stuff, I think they'd have a whole lot to offer those kids!
thank you for your kind words, and i really am sorry you lost your mother,through gods grace mine is doing as well today , no signs of any more cancer, he truly blessed her , all mom needed was some one here to make sure her house wasn't being neglected and cook meals for her, i let her do every thing she was able to do while going through the kemo, i did not want her to feel like she was useless, as i have seen many people feel in that situation, i think that the frame of mind we are in has a lot to do with how we recover from such things, i too do not think Nancy is a bad person, she just has a few bad habits,
in all honesty i cant imagine bob just sitting and drinking in that house, seems to me that smell that had to be in the house would contaminate his beer, i know i wouldn't drink one in Thar, but even bob could have gotten up and picked up the trash out of at least the kitchen area, bob ain't winning any awards in his good house keeping nether, i hope in a way Nancy gets to see what we think all over the country about how she is making those children live, not that she would care but just maybe it will make her stop and think before she ever lets her home get to that shape again, i just do not understand how any of her neighbors just sat by and let the smell pouring out of that house blow by them and not at least go over and tell her it had to stop, i know i would have, i bet grilling out any wear near those 2 houses they have was red flagged, god only knows, i am thankful to him for many things and having clean neighbors is one of them, some times my neighbors don't cut Thar grass as often as i would like for them to but I'm not the one having to walk across it so i dint let it bother me, i keep moms cut as we have 3 dogs and one is a cross between a chihuahua and a Australian Shepard, we call her baby dumpling lol she has short legs as her chihuahua dad, so if i let it grow she gets her little belly wet when the dew is on it, you know i guess what made me so angry about seeing the way Nancy was living was the fact that it seems i care more for my dogs than she seemed to care for her own flesh and blood, Ive done a lot of drugs in my time but never just let wear my child had to dwell get filthy, it really don't take much effort to keep a house clean. once again I'm sorry you lost your mother, i cant even come close to knowing what life will be like for me when god calls my mom home,
(Original Air Date: 04/28/08) Imagine being forced to dwell in a space that is so cluttered with junk, food and trash, you can barely walk. Nancy and her boyfriend, Bob, live this nightmare every day. In their two homes, flies and plastic containers fill the kitchen, moldy food is stuffed in four refrigerators, and boxes and plastic bags litter the house. The two youngest children sleep on the same couch in the living room, because one's bedroom is cluttered, and the other child doesn't even have a bedroom! Nancy, a former nurse, admits to being an extreme hoarder, but how did she and Bob, a former corporate attorney, allow their lives to degenerate to this chaotic clutter? Their home is trashed, and they're in debt $100,000. Could other issues be contributing to the chaos in the house as well? Hear from the three children, 16, 11 and 9, who are trapped in this mess. Are Nancy and Bob finally ready to rescue their family from the rubble before the kids' lives are ruined forever? Share your thoughts, join the discussion.
