Two years ago, Esther Stevens was the happiest she'd ever been - having finished her degree, started a new job and moved into a forever home with her family.
Then the mum-of-two experienced the "biggest shock of her life" and summer quickly became a time of year associated with enormous pain, fear and trauma.
"My world was perfect, then the universe decided to punish me," Esther told the Mirror. "As lovely as summertime is, I now associate it with the worst news ever."
