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With a baby on the way and nowhere to turn, a young couple from Santa Maria, Calif., struggled to find stability
A single online post opened the door to an unexpected living opportunity
What began as a temporary solution grew into something much more meaningful
Olivia Norman’s world turned upside down when she found out she was pregnant at just 20 years old, with no support from her family or a stable place to call home.
Her parents disapproved of her being unmarried and pregnant, and her boyfriend’s strained relationship with his own mother left them with no one to rely on.
“We stuck by each other's side, he worked two jobs and I would look for a place to live,” Norman tells PEOPLE exclusively. “It was, and still is, us against the world.”
Despite her boyfriend, Isiah