Stacey Solomon helped a family with a heartbreaking story.

Stacey Solomon on Sort Your Life Out (Image: BBC)

There wasn’t a dry eye in sight as one mum shared why she had enlisted the help of Stacey Solomon and her Sort Your Life Out team on Tuesday. The decluttering team landed in south London to help single mum Almarie and her 10-year-old daughter Marie overhaul their three-bedroom semi, which had been left in a bit of a mess.

With Stacey’s guidance, Almarie sorted through the belongings of her husband Marcus for the first time since his sudden death three years ago. The widow heartbreakingly told the tale of how he had been diagnosed with cancer and given a five-year prognosis – however, he died just two months later, leaving his girls absolutely heartbroken. Almarie had never thrown his stuff away, plus they used to foster children, so the home acquired a lot of extra items. For financial reasons, Almarie wanted to get a lodger but it was simply impossible for her without getting rid of two dozen unused chairs, 204 pairs of shoes, 55 coats, 2,765 plastic toys and a whole heap more.

The mum lost her partner three years ago (Image: BBC)

Just minutes in, after hearing the devastating details, fans took to social media to admit that they were in tears.

Posting to X/Twitter, one viewer said: “#sortyourlifeout always emotional now,” as another echoed: “And I am gone [sobbing emoji] #sortyourlifeout.”

One more declared: “I’m late starting….. not 10 minutes in and I’m gone [crying emojis] #sortyourlifeout.”

Someone else said: “Oh, you do put us through the emotional wringer! I come to #sortyourlifeout for a cry.”

“Lost her husband and Mum in 5 months, that poor woman and her daughter, just heartbreaking #SortYourLifeOut,” another person empathised.
Viewers saw care worker Trish and her husband Gerry with their three grown-up kids decluttered their family home. Her doting husband, who works as a technician and artist, opened up about his recent diagnosis with dementia and the impact that it has had on the family unit.

He confessed: “I’ve now been living with dementia for seven years. Unfortunately, over the last year or so, things have been starting to progress. It’s not just my memory; it’s all the mobility I’ve lost, or I’m losing.

“If anything was being done in the house or garden, it was me who would do it, the heavy lifting I’d be right in there, no problems whatsoever. Now, I’m lucky that I can lift a knife and fork; it’s been very frustrating.”