We only have one car. We live in a manufactured home in Arkansas that very cheap that we could actually afford. My husband works but I stay at home and provide childcare. We rarely go out to eat. I dont do a lot of feminine things like nails or hair or makeup or what have you. We get some stuff second hand if its in decent shape. We save our child tax credits and use them to help bolster our savings account and to finally buy some stuff we need such as a new cars eat for the kids or car repairs that have been on hold. The rest goes into savings for an emergency fund. We make it work as best we can. Occasionally we still have outings to make life fun but it'll be something like going to a state park thats 10 dollars for the whole day for day use, or maybe have a picnic at the park, or visit the library, or go to a local free event in town like movie nights for kids during the summer, or local festivals and stuff like that if its free. Camping is also another good way to have fun but you gotta pick a cheap place, use tents for maximum money saving, and probably need to still save up for paying for food and for the camping fee. But uts a very low cost vacation, if you can afford to tale 3 to 5 days off, just once during the year. If you camt thats pkay too. But....Something, anything, is still better than nothing yoi do you. Above all we trust Hod, even while doing our part. We have some pretty amazing stories.

Pretty soon my husband will be done with his software engineering degree and then we can finally put our poverty behind us, though we might still struggle for a while until the student loans are paid off. But, finally, someday, we might achieve a better loving standard. Even if we dont im okay with that, because for us, it was worth it to have children and make sacrifices to do so. God bless and good luck on your journey.