{"id":5223,"date":"2025-07-07T21:34:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:34:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=5223"},"modified":"2025-07-07T21:34:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T21:34:28","slug":"i-never-expected-to-be-a-dad-that-day-but-she-chose-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/?p=5223","title":{"rendered":"I NEVER EXPECTED TO BE A DAD THAT DAY\u2014BUT SHE CHOSE ME"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"64\" data-end=\"365\">During a routine park patrol in Modesto, I found Kiara, a scared, exhausted 19-year-old homeless mother holding her newborn baby, Nia. She had just aged out of foster care and was struggling to survive. We got them into a shelter, but I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about that tiny baby\u2019s grip on my finger.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"564\">Over weeks, Kiara started trusting me, asking for parenting advice. Then one day, she confessed she wasn\u2019t ready to be a mom but saw that Nia smiled when she saw me. She asked if I would adopt her.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"566\" data-end=\"889\">Though overwhelmed and unsure, I agreed to explore it. The adoption process was tough\u2014no birth certificate, CPS involvement, background checks, and two months without seeing Nia. Kiara worked hard to get back on her feet but eventually admitted she couldn\u2019t provide what Nia needed and trusted me to give her a better life.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"891\" data-end=\"1062\">When the court finalized the adoption, I named her Nia Grace Duvall, honoring Kiara\u2019s part in her story. Kiara still visits, and Nia is now four\u2014full of laughter and love.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1064\" data-end=\"1149\">Becoming a dad wasn\u2019t planned, but it became the best thing that ever happened to me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; During a routine park patrol in Modesto, I found Kiara, a scared, exhausted 19-year-old homeless mother holding her newborn baby, Nia. She had just aged out of foster care and was struggling to survive. We got them into a shelter, but I couldn\u2019t stop thinking about that tiny baby\u2019s grip on my finger. &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5223"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5225,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5223\/revisions\/5225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}