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Carolyn Twietmeyer and her husband, Kiel, had seven children when they decided to adopt just one more. So how did they end up with six adopted children from Africa, including two who are HIV-positive? It wasn't an easy road, Carolyn Twietmeyer writes -- but it's been worth it. By Carolyn Twietmeyer, special to TODAY MomsAfter years of grazing the topic of adoption with my husband, he finally agre

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‘They bluntly asked, ‘So, where is your real Mom? She didn’t want you? Is there something wrong with you?’ Everywhere I went, I stuck out like a sore thumb.’: Transracial adoptee says ‘it’s okay to grieve the loss of your birth family’ – Love What Matters Adoption Aesthetic, Love What Matters, Adoptive Mom, Field Journal, Foster Care Adoption, Adoptive Family, Adoption Stories, Adoptive Parents, Birth Mother

"I wasn’t white enough, but I also wasn’t black enough. I'd be in line checking out with my mom when cashiers would remind me to put down the grocery dividers between us. It was a constant reminder others didn't see me as belonging to my parents. Every birthday, I wondered if my birth mother thought about me. Every holiday, I wondered if she missed me."

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