![]() ![]() 'She was so incredibly small - two pounds - and fragile in an incubator. ![]() New hope: Since the tragic death of baby Jennifer, Gordon and Sarah have gone on to have sons John and James I told him more about the death in 2001 of the angelic and serene Cameron Lord at the age of two, and of the death not long before of her small cousin, Hayden Lord, from the same incurable genetic illness. So it wasn't all that surprising that he began our conversation by asking more about the tragedy that inspired it. Indeed, he had even mentioned Project Scotland in a speech at a party conference. It was also important that he knew about the volunteering charity, Project Scotland, that I'd set up after the death of a close friend's little girl and the child's cousin. Naturally, it helped that I wasn't a journalist and that this was a very informal meeting. I wondered how I could persuade him to open up to me. Questions about Jennifer during previous interviews had led to painful and brief exchanges, followed by sensational headlines about his 'heartache' and cynical comments about his motivation for speaking about her at all. I know Gordon through his wife Sarah - we share charity interests and we both have homes in Fife - so I was aware that he had never talked willingly in public about this very private time in his life. ![]() Grey with grief: Gordon and Sarah Brown leave Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after their daughter Jennifer died ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |