Arkansas Mom and Her Kids Build Dream Home in 9 Months After Watching YouTube Videos: 'It Seemed Impossible'

Cara Brookins was emotionally destroyed as her second abusive marriage dissolved. She healed by building her own home -- and learned how to do it all from YouTube videos. In 2007, when the mom of four had to sell the Bryant, Arkansas, home she shared with her soon-to-be ex, she looked for a house to buy. But everything the then-computer programmer analyst could afford was too small. Brookins also felt she needed to do something to glue her family back together. "But I had no idea what that shoul...