<p>Like several others here we were a homeschooling family but I didn’t work outside of the home. After my only D was born we moved from the DINK lifestyle living in a nice condo to one salary in a working class town. Our 90 year old house is small by today’s standards. We’re a one car family–my husband takes the subway downtown every day. We never had cable. We never took a vacation out of town until the summer my girl was traveling looking at colleges. I cooked all of the family meals and we rarely ate out. Living where many would consider " the wrong side of the tracks" allowed me to buy and fully fund our state’s 529. We purchased 9 semesters of undergrad tuition which I consider to be one of the best investments we ever made. I don’t consider any of this some “extraordinary” sacrifice. We did what we had to do and are proud that we can send our girl to school without heavy debt. I was an orphan who worked my way through both undergrad and grad school. My husband was a refugee who did the same. This is the American way. All the sacrifices we all make are worth it. It’s one of the greatest accomplishments of my life.</p>