Roslyn Romney Reynolds was born sixth in a family of nine children and a large extended family with numerous cousins, aunts and uncles.

Death visited her immediate family early in Roslyn's life when her mother left one day to go to the hospital to have the baby they had all been waiting for, and returned with empty arms. Her baby brother had only lived a number of hours, and then had taken his last breath on his first day of life.

Roslyn remembers that time as one of darkness, sadness, and confusion. Knowing her parents were grieving, she didn't dare ask the questions she yearned to know the answers to: What had happened? Why did their baby have to die?

Time went on, and as her elderly relatives began to pass away, she and her brothers and sisters attended the funerals, and she remembers those times as tender, quiet and peaceful gatherings. Cousins rarely seen would come into town and the extended family would meet at the viewings to renew their acquaintence and to express their gratitude for the influence in their life of the person who had passed away.

The funerals were mostly joyful celebrations of that person's life. Yes, there was sadness that the person was no longer among them, but there was joy that they had been with them for so long, and joy in the hope that they would be re-united sometime in the future.

Then on January 14, 2006, Roslyn's husband took the children on an outing, and while swimming, he drowned. The funeral followed four days later, and through those days she felt supported and sustained by her faith in God. Only after the last of her children that lived away left to return to their homes did the realization hit that Roslyn didn't know the answer to the question, "What now?"

Never had she experienced grieving like this before. There had been great difficulty in their marriage, and at the time of his death, they were living apart. She found herself grieving not only his death but also the death of all her dreams. She had tried for so long to make the marriage work, and now there would be no chance for any reconciliation.

As she made her way through the fog and confusion of that first year, she determined that she would find a way to help others going through that process. She has written SOLO- Getting It All Together When You Find Yourself Alone as a practical guide for those who are grieving---and those who know them---to help them understand the grieving process and to help them find hope and healing  after loss.

Roslyn lives in Utah with her two youngest children.