A Mom Came Up With The Perfect Reply When People Asked If Her Baby Was Hers

She has brown skin, but her baby doesn’t. So people would not hesitate to open conversation by asking if he was hers. It felt awful. Here’s her story.

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Angie Aker

Oct 27, 2014

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