Kimberly Rae Miller: Let's fix dad
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2013
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Kimberly Rae Miller's family had a secret: her dad was a hoarder. But when she begins digging into the research on hoarding, she finds it's not nearly as simple to fix as she'd hoped. Kimberly Rae Miller is a writer living in New York City. She haswritten for Yahoo!'s Shine, Figure magazine, and contributed to CBS Radio/CBS New York. In 2010, Kim was featured in Katharine Sise's career guide Creative Girl. She blogs at TheKimChallenge.com. Her memoir, Coming Clean, will be published by Amazon Publishing July 23rd. Every week the Story Collider brings you a true, personal story about science. Find more here: http://storycollider.org/. If you enjoy these stories, please consider donating, http://storycollider.org/donate
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | It felt... |
| 0:07.0 | It felt... |
| 0:08.0 | ...and I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | ...theid... Hey everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, |
| 0:28.7 | where we bring you true stories of how science has affected people's lives. |
| 0:32.7 | This week's story is from Kimberly Ray Miller. |
| 0:35.5 | The story was recorded in January, January 2013 at Union Hall in Brooklyn. |
| 0:40.3 | The theme of the night was, behind the scenes. |
| 0:48.8 | Well, I didn't have all that many responsibilities as young child, but eating Cheerios was one of them. |
| 0:56.0 | Unfortunately, my overlord parents believed in the ritualistic eating at a table. |
| 1:02.0 | Well, I, the free-thinking five-year-old, believed that I could eat at the couch in front of the television, |
| 1:09.0 | which is where we all know Big Bird lives. |
| 1:13.4 | And one day, after years, maybe months, maybe weeks of resentment, I finally harnessed all of the |
| 1:21.7 | gumption in my five-year-old body and demanded to be able to watch Sesame Street during breakfast. |
| 1:27.6 | My mom wasn't home, so I felt pretty safe and asking my dad. |
| 1:31.3 | But my dad was brave that day. |
| 1:33.6 | And he said, your mom says you have to eat at the table. |
| 1:39.0 | At which point, I really had no other choice but to start crying. |
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