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Cara says it was her upbringing that encouraged her to build. “It was my mom & dad’s fault. Because I was pretty much born saying — What can I make? And they could have replied — Small things, little Cara. Make very small things. But alas, they didn’t. Instead, they said — You can make anything you set your (stubborn-as -a-mule) mind to. So I made caterpillar sleeping bags, snow forts, and cardboard box kingdoms. I wrote entire worlds into books. And when my kids and I were in a tough spot and needed a place to live, you already know what I said — What can I make?”
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Building a family house helped to enable Brookins to rise up from her despair. “We were ashamed that this was our best option, to build our own shelter,” she said. “It was not something we were proud of. It ended up being the best thing I could have ever done for myself.
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