I'm a morning show contributor, and my husband is a firefighter. My daughter's grandparents make our nontraditional careers work.

Photo credit: Lissette Garcia

I used to think "rich" referred to families that traveled frequently, drove new cars every year, had the freshest sneaker collection (I'm a Chicago south sider, so this one was a big deal), and purchased the name-brand cereal at the grocery store. But in my house, "rich" means something a little different. It's the privilege of having my daughter's grandparents show up for her every moment we need them, even if that means 4 a.m.