This picture was taken nine years ago this week. On this day, I graduated with a Master’s degree from Texas A&M University. This is a time when our lives turned in a completely different direction—a direction we previously had not seen coming. When I started the program, Brandon and I were both working full-time, we had three young kids, and he was in the finishing stages of his dissertation for his PhD. We were both successful in our careers and we were looking forward to those careers continuing to grow. Not long after I started my Master’s program, we were very excited to learn we were pregnant. We had always hoped to “have a big family,” but, until this time, we had put off having more kids. We had been trying for several months to get pregnant and were so happy to know we were expecting. And then we had our first miscarriage. That devastating experience is by far one of the most difficult times we have ever faced. Not long after, we learned I was pregnant again. We were so exc...