Over 22 years ago, when I first got married, life was anything but easy. My husband was searching for his path, and I wasn’t working because I was pregnant with our daughter. With our oldest daughter who was a toddler at the time, at home and another baby on the way, we were barely making ends meet. The weight of the unknown felt heavy.

As my due date approached, we had only the minimal essentials for our soon to be newborn— no crib, no savings, n...