Meet Cara Brookins and her kids Jada, Roman, Drew and Hope
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Cara has been in abusive relationships, two marriages filled with violence, and was stalked by a man with a mental illness – it affected the whole family
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“My kids and i needed something,” Cara said
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“I felt ashamed and I was worried that they had no self-esteem and no confidence…They had been powerless”
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So the whole family (kids aged 17, 15, 11, and 2 at the time) set out for a fresh start by building their own house, as they couldn’t afford buying one
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The only problem was they had zero knowledge and zero experience – but that didn’t stop them
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Using a bank loan of $150,000 for materials, lots of Youtube tutorials, and team work – the family did it
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While they learned how to frame a house
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How to pour concrete
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How to lay bricks
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And how to work together
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They also learned how to rebuild a broken family
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And before they knew it…
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They had built a 3500 square foot house with five bedrooms, a three-car garage, a huge shop, and a two-story treehouse
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And the family was stronger as ever
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Cara and her family have been living in the ‘Inkwell Manor’ for the past eight years
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And she can bravely say her kids are “now fearless”
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“They dive into anything. There’s nothing you could suggest to them that they could not do. it’s an incredible thing”
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[FunFunky]
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