Hi Grace, I’m Karla, also 33 :)
I have two kids, 7 and 10 and a step daughter as well, so I’ve done the baby thing and had a partner at the time. I was a single mom for a bit, with no child support and nothing to my name except a school bus that I converted. I lived in it on my parents (rented) property. I met my husband in this time, an…
I have two kids, 7 and 10 and a step daughter as well, so I’ve done the baby thing and had a partner at the time. I was a single mom for a bit, with no child support and nothing to my name except a school bus that I converted. I lived in it on my parents (rented) property. I met my husband in this time, and it worked out fabulously, but I was fully expecting to go it alone.
I think that would be my advice: buy a portable home so you and your baby have some security. School buses are cool, but you may not want an engine to worry about, so maybe an airstream or tiny home (paying to have it towed is not a huge deal as long as it’s not too far). Finding land to park it on depends on lots of things, and I don’t know what it’s like there where you are. Best case scenario, you could buy raw land down the road and have something to live in on it, or you could find a farm to live on with like minded folks.
My aunt raised my cousin as a single mom from the beginning, and she stayed in the community she wanted in this way, with her cool blue school bus :)
Here where I live in southern coastal BC, there is a housing crisis and MANY people are turning to rvs and such in order to stay in the communities they love or grew up in. Land ownership here is far out of reach for many, but lots of people who do own land (ourselves included) are putting in rv pads so more people can live on our property and we can make a small steady income to increase our security in this weird and seemingly collapsing system.
Don’t underestimate the value of family support when you have a kid, and the benefit of grandparents in a kids life. I didn’t have extended family close growing up, and my kids have it now, and it’s the best. I don’t know how I would have done it without my parents help, and I did have a partner most of the time.
I hope to hear about the baby when it comes :) You are clearly a strong, capable and thoughtful woman and I wish you all the best ♥️
Hi Grace, I’m Karla, also 33 :)
I have two kids, 7 and 10 and a step daughter as well, so I’ve done the baby thing and had a partner at the time. I was a single mom for a bit, with no child support and nothing to my name except a school bus that I converted. I lived in it on my parents (rented) property. I met my husband in this time, and it worked out fabulously, but I was fully expecting to go it alone.
I think that would be my advice: buy a portable home so you and your baby have some security. School buses are cool, but you may not want an engine to worry about, so maybe an airstream or tiny home (paying to have it towed is not a huge deal as long as it’s not too far). Finding land to park it on depends on lots of things, and I don’t know what it’s like there where you are. Best case scenario, you could buy raw land down the road and have something to live in on it, or you could find a farm to live on with like minded folks.
My aunt raised my cousin as a single mom from the beginning, and she stayed in the community she wanted in this way, with her cool blue school bus :)
Here where I live in southern coastal BC, there is a housing crisis and MANY people are turning to rvs and such in order to stay in the communities they love or grew up in. Land ownership here is far out of reach for many, but lots of people who do own land (ourselves included) are putting in rv pads so more people can live on our property and we can make a small steady income to increase our security in this weird and seemingly collapsing system.
Don’t underestimate the value of family support when you have a kid, and the benefit of grandparents in a kids life. I didn’t have extended family close growing up, and my kids have it now, and it’s the best. I don’t know how I would have done it without my parents help, and I did have a partner most of the time.
I hope to hear about the baby when it comes :) You are clearly a strong, capable and thoughtful woman and I wish you all the best ♥️