Plan B
Full House
Our columnist realizes her family’s obsessions are taking over
My daughter is cut off. I didn’t want to do it, but under the circumstances, I am forced to take drastic measures. She’s cut off from collecting any more stuffed animals. We have reached the point of her having so many, that she is not able to cram even one more stuffed animal into her “over-stuffed” room. The sad fact though, is that after looking around my house, I realize that it is full of all kinds of “collections,” and that my entire family may have an obsession problem. For my nine year-old son, it’s Legos; my eight year-old daughter, as mentioned, must have more than 100 stuffed animals; my husband is obsessed with wooden duck decoys; and my teenage son has at least 15 different pairs of sneakers. As for myself, well I never …
