Several personal/relationship issues have made the past few months incredibly stressful and relatively unproductive. Lance, Dan, and I have been emotionally strained and exhausted. I am so grateful for waves of inspiration such as this: Beautiful Zoë in her beautiful new home Late last summer, I had the pleasure of meeting a homeschooling mom of 2 darling girls. As I told her about our plans for a Tennessee homestead, Zoë wistfully spoke of her "crazy" dream of rebelling against conventional American housing expectations and living instead in an RV. She desired the financial/material freedom as well as the family closeness (her husband's job induces extended separation) such a change would bring. I of course encouraged her to go for it and was more than thrilled when she sent me this email in April: Dear Elyssa, You may not remember me. I met you through HOPES [our homeschool group] right before you moved away. First off, I wanted to thank you for two different things. You introduced me to Cambio. Since going there, I've learned to do a headstand w/o any support, which in turn has strengthened my abs to totally new degrees. Lol. Not only that, but I've been more balanced, stronger & more centered. I haven't had the time to buy & play around on a slackline, yet however, because of my next thank you. My husband works remotely, currently in Virginia. He'll be there a year next month. We had been contemplating buying an RV, but were reluctant because we didn't think our family of 4 could share & live in just 200ish sq ft. After hearing your incredibly motivating story & meeting your beautiful family, I knew we could do it. My husband came back for a week visit in March & we bought our RV. He left 7 days later, leaving me to homeschool, chase a toddler, whittle down/pack/move our 1200 sq ft apt & remodel/makeover our new rv...by myself...but everytime it gets hard, I think of you, & ur FIVE kiddos you did that with & suddenly I find new strength. I've been ridiculously busy, pretty much since you left...gearing up for our new lifestyle, but I wanted you to know that I think of you & your family often & you're always in my prayers & I hope you all are well. I try to check your blog once a month & I just wanted to say your new home kicks butt! Keep up the good work, thank you for subconsciously giving me the courage to embark on an "alternative lifestyle" & Blessed Be! I, also, started a blog if you're interested in seeing what you sparked. ;) It's: boho-hobos.blogspot.com. Once again, thank you so much. You are one of the coolest, most amazing people I have ever met & I'm so glad I did! Sincerely, Zoë Thank you, Zoë, for your kind words (and permission to share).
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Hi honey! You're so sweet! I'm glad my email gave you guys some encouragement...though I never could have been able to tell that you needed it! You guys are doing a fabulous job! Keep up the good work and stay in touch!!! P.S. I'm gonna link to your blog if I can figure out how to do that, lol!
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