Huddled in my bedroom with my gang of girlfriends, we giggled as we talked about the boys we liked.
I was 14 years old and, like most girls that age, loved nothing more than to gossip with my friends. As an only child, I longed for a sister to confide in.
But my mum, Ruth, was an amazing confidant and we were best friends.
When she’d had me, Mum was in a same sex relationship, and she’d never hidden the fact that she’d used donor sperm to conceive me.
‘I’ll always
