The Future Is Rosie

In her poignant memoir The Future Is Rosie, Carolyn describes the heartbreak of losing a child, and how she and her family dealt with unimaginable loss and learned to live again.

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Married with two daughters, Ellie aged 14 and Rosie 11, Carolyn was teaching at Redroofs School for the Performing Arts when Rosie suddenly developed vasculitis, a rare auto immune disease.

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Rosie spent many months in hospital undergoing tests, scans and operations whilst her family were worried sick and traumatised by the lack of support for parents in their situation.

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Rosie’s tragic death six months later compelled Carolyn to set-up Rosie’s Rainbow Fund in her memory and to honour Rosie’s wish to help other sick children. The charity has achieved major success bringing music therapy to thousands of sick children in hospital, care for parents with hospitalised children and ongoing support for bereaved parents.

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As a believer in spirituality, Carolyn felt that Rosie was sending messages and helping her through her grief. Predictions given to Carolyn previously that her destiny was to have another child, and with Rosie’s blessing Carolyn and her husband embarked upon a five-year programme of fertility treatment.