Clara Francis is an actor and businesswoman, who’s recently started her own online dress company ‘O Pioneers’ with her friend Tania. The dresses are beautiful and through them I started chatting a little to Clara but we didn’t meet in person until we came to record our chat. Happily married to actor Jason Watkins, she has an older daughter, Bessie, and a younger son, Gilbert.
On the surface she has the perfect life. But Clara came to speak to me about how she is surviving the death of her child. Maudie was only 2 when she died of sepsis, 10 years ago. This is a difficult listen. It’s emotional, it’s painful, it’s unthinkable.
I’m very grateful to Clara for speaking so openly to me. There is still taboo around the subject of the death of a child, which is one of the reasons Clara wanted to speak to me. By this story being heard, I hope it will help someone. For anyone who needs support, there is a brilliant charity, Slow Group. xx
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