Ebony’s mum had turned things around and was back in her life. But then a brutal act robbed them of everything…

When my pugnaciously no-nonsense granny set about constructing our family tree, she cut through the ambiguity of my place on it by adding (grafted) after my name. It was a fair, if blunt, acknowledgem

I’d always wanted a brother or a sister, but Mum’s revelation was the start of something far bigger.

When Kathleen’s four babies died one by one, her grief was all consuming. But things were about to get far worse…

My baby dream came true, just not how I’d planned it

‘Is this your random fact of the day?’ I laughed, his excitement making me smile. ‘I’ve been reading about the hottest chilli pepper in the world,’ he grinned, then proceeded to tell me all about it.