This week, we meet Cat — based in the Northern Rivers, Australia, she is a gifted photographer, devoted mother and all-round good human — who spent five years navigating the challenges of IVF to welcome her two beautiful children into the world.

Not long ago, we watched one of the most beautiful clothing stores in our local town close its doors. We’d first discovered it from the other side of the world, back when we were still living in Australia — drawn in by the positive power of social media.

It was late August and 9 o’clock at night when I first closed the curtains on a serene Atlantic sunset. Looking back, this was the beginning of the end…