Chelle’s “why Buslife!?”

 My original “why Buslife?” I wrote this in 2018    My name is Chelle. Here is my story. I was a child born of addicts. As a young child, we moved around a lot due to my mom’s addictions and issues. We never had a place to call our own. We were evicted from places every few months. Then, I was put into foster care, where I again was moved around a lot due to the system and my need to not get too comfortable somewhere in hopes my mother would come back for me. Until, 6th grade I was informed by my alcoholic foster mom, in anger, that my birth mother had signed her rights over to the state, and would never be coming back for me.  After the abandonment of my mother and father and family, I made it a habit to NOT get attached to anywhere or anyone. (if your own parents can abandon and abuse you~could you really trust ANYONE else to love you?). 

As I grew older, I lived with friends even through my years of marriage, we kept roommates bc it was military life ~ they would get sent off for weeks or months at a time and due to always living with someone, I didn’t like being by myself and it was more financially affordable as well. Then, I became a single mother and couldn’t afford to live on my own with three boys, so we were constantly moving around from friend to friend (bc even I know it is A LOT to have 4 extra people in YOUR home). or partner. I have always felt like a burden or the homeless guy at the holidays and I started thinking about owning a tiny house/bus bc it is more reasonable financially to live in and OWN.  

Me and my boys are way beyond the time to finally OWN something that is ours and that no one can take or get tired of us being there and to be able to financially afford.  

So, I found a bus at an amazing deal and could even make payments on it while converting it into a tiny home that will be OURS! So, here I sit in 2021 living the #buslife 🚎🥰 it’s been quite a journey. Don’t give up on your dreams. Be flexible and open minded. Grab a bus. Use it as a metal tent. Live in it, camp in it, take it on trips. Throw a futon or mattress in it. A bucket to potty in. Live minimal in the woods. You won’t regret it.