Hello Everyone. It’s been a while since I have written anything on Dailykos. What brings me here tonight is both a happy and sad story.
I have been interested in building a tiny house for about 3 years now. I loved the idea of having less things to worry about, clean, and pay for. I also loved that it’s a greener way to live and that it can be moved anywhere I want to go. It’s also a more economical way to live which I love since I have struggled for a number of years now.
It took about 9 months total from the design stage to having the build completed. I was very excited to move in and start my new down-scaled life. I found a tiny house community in Florida and had my house moved there.
But after spending only one night in my tiny house something horrible happened. It was a rainy afternoon on the second day in my house that a car going too fast on the highway adjacent to the tiny house park crashed into the back of my house. Not only was my house damaged but my friend and I were both injured. I happened to be in the shower at the time of the accident and suffered a broken toe and some severe bruises on my back side. My friend who was in the kitchen close to the impact point was hurt worse than me however. He suffered two broken ribs and a punctured lung.
All this happened a few weeks ago now. During that time both my friend (and ex) Dean and I have had a horrible accident made worse by all the expenses that are adding up because we haven’t been able to get anything from the driver’s insurance. Dean especially is having a hard time because his hospital bill added up to be more than $20,000.
Dean has started a go fund me for me but I plan to give what money it raises to him. Please if you can share this link: link.email.dynect.net/… I would appreciate it. Neither Dean or myself are on any social media so it hasn’t been seen much.
Thank you for reading and have a wonderful night.