{"id":362,"date":"2025-06-29T17:17:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=362"},"modified":"2025-06-29T17:17:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T17:17:33","slug":"he-said-i-wasnt-father-material-but-i-raised-those-kids-from-day-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=362","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHe Said I Wasn\u2019t Father Material, But I Raised Those Kids From Day One\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"351\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20-edited.jpg 351w, https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/20-edited-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 351px) 100vw, 351px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When Dez\u2019s phone buzzed at a motorcycle rally, he barely glanced at it. His sister Maelis had told him not to worry\u2014there was still time before the baby came. \u201cGo have fun,\u201d she\u2019d said, smiling. But just a few hours later, everything changed. Dez received the call no one ever wants: Maelis had died unexpectedly during childbirth. And it wasn\u2019t just one baby\u2014she\u2019d delivered three: Roux, Brin, and Callum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In that moment, Dez\u2019s entire world flipped. With no one else to care for the newborns, he did something he never expected\u2014he went home and stepped into a role he hadn\u2019t prepared for. A biker more familiar with highways than high chairs, Dez didn\u2019t think twice. He became their protector, their family, their everything.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He learned as he went. Late nights at bars turned into sleepless nights with crying infants. He sold his bike to cover the cost of baby gear. Slowly, he built a new rhythm: school drop-offs, bedtime stories, pancake mornings. He wasn\u2019t perfect\u2014but he was present. And for five years, that chaotic, love-filled house became home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then, the past came knocking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vin, the children\u2019s biological father, suddenly showed up. He\u2019d never been part of their lives\u2014until now, when he demanded custody. With a social worker at his side, he painted a picture of a more \u201cstable\u201d life. Questions were raised about Dez\u2019s lifestyle and his unorthodox path to becoming a parent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Dez\u2019s phone buzzed at a motorcycle rally, he barely glanced at it. His sister Maelis had told him not to worry\u2014there was still time before the baby came. \u201cGo have fun,\u201d she\u2019d said, smiling. But just a few hours later, everything changed. Dez received the call no one ever wants: Maelis had died unexpectedly&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/?p=362\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;\u201cHe Said I Wasn\u2019t Father Material, But I Raised Those Kids From Day One\u201d&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=362"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":366,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362\/revisions\/366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coolxmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}