Alison Curtis: I’m organised, so how did I raise a hoarder?

As Joan got older I found that she placed huge value on absolutely everything.

I am not a collector or a hoarder and frankly, too much stuff just stresses me out.

I grew up in a large house but really organised house in Canada. Neither of my parents were hoarders and they were both almost minimalists. Despite this though, when they both passed away and my sister and I had to empty out a 350sq m house, we realised that there was a lot of stuff.