"One board at a time, we built a house. And in the end, we discovered a home."
After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide
for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without
the means to buy one, she did something incredible.
Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a
mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with
a work crew made up of her four children.
It would be the hardest thing she had ever done. With no experience nailing
together anything