Robyn Yerian
- Robyn Yerian purchased her first tiny home in 2017.
- Needing a way to support herself financially, she opened her own tiny-home village in 2019.
- Bird's Nest is a women-only village where residents share common areas and take care of one another.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Robyn Yerian, 68, about their decision to create a women-only tiny home village in Cumby, Texas called The Bird's Nest. The community is home to 5, soon to be 6, women who live there permanently. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
After 10 years of marriage, my partner and I got a divorce in 1993. I had no job, just two suitcases and was supporting two children under the age of 10. I spent the following years working upwards of three jobs just to make ends meet.