Seven years after launching her business with Travel Counsellors, home-based agent Claire Bottone’s efforts were starting to bear fruit.
The year was 2014, and Claire was enjoying great success – professionally and personally. The mum-of-three was three months into her London Marathon training programme.
However, just as things were starting to take off, Claire’s world came crashing down.
Her dad was diagnosed with terminal cancer, and a few weeks later, doctors discovered her mum’s cancer had spread quickly too. To make things even worse, her mum needed major surgery to remove her eye.