COMMENTARY: My parents never allowed me inside their house, knowing I would take issue with their cluttered hoard of boxes and newspaper, writes mariefcahalane.
When actor Alicia Witt shared the news of thein their unheated, decaying home, I took a voyeuristic interest in her story.
My elderly parents lived in inconceivably dire conditions. I knew my parents' house was falling apart, although my frustration was heightened by living next door. The arrangement provided a front-row seat to the evolving disaster. After my mother died in 2003, conditions inside the home became unlivable. When the furnace stopped working, Dad refused to repair it. Without heat, water pipes froze and shattered. I pleaded with him but he wouldn’t accept my help. My heart broke as I imagined my father spending nights in his frigid home. Eventually, my sadness turned to anger and detachment. Dad's defiance presented me with a problem to solve.
When I revealed my secret — 'those people' were my parents — the conversation ended, the air tinged with prickly discomfort.
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