About

Rosaline (Rose) lives in Victoria, B.C…. dubbed The City of Gardens.  She is a retired Early Childhood Educator, an artist and a lover of nature.  As a child she grew up in the forest.  She found companionship and solace in trees and nature.  Her 2016 children’s picture book entitled “Laura Lamb Finds the Forest” is about a lonely little lamb who finds her way into the forest.  There she finds companionship in nature. Rose’s hope is this picture book will promote and illustrate a sense of belonging to young readers and encourage in them a desire to connect with nature.

LAURA LAMB FINDS THE FOREST is available on Amazon.

Rosaline (Friesenpress) published her autobiography in 2023 WALK With Each Step There’s HOPE:

WALK With Each Step There’s HOPE begins with Rosaline growing up on a farm in Fraser Valley, British Columbia in the 1940s and 50s. Her verbally and emotionally abusive father eventually abandons the family when she is fourteen (events that affect her mindset and relationships for years to come), essentially ending her childhood as she steps in to fill the support role for her mother and younger siblings. At twenty, she married and raised four children during her twenty-two-year marriage. At the age of thirty-nine, the removal of a brain tumour (a benign acoustic neuroma) leaves her with a long-term hearing impairment, which leads her down a path of physical, emotional, and spiritual transformation. Years later, travelling alone on a three-month backpacking sojourn to the Maritimes she celebrates her sixty-fifth birthday; the kindness and affirmation she receives from strangers encourage her to share her story of hope with others. Little does she know as she embarks on this trip, that it will take her on the longest journey of all . . . from her head to her heart. Weaving poetry and affirmative quotes throughout the book, this candid and touching memoir is about resilience, courage, inspiration, family, love, abandonment, addiction, forgiveness, understanding, personal transformation, letting go of expectations, living in the present moment, and most of all, to keep walking through life . . . because with each step there is hope.

“…a spiritual, nature-loving mother of four, and a former early childhood educator offers her life story as a testimony of the power of perseverance…The author, anchored by her mother’s “example of resilience, courage, and strength,” writes about her life in a way that lucidly illustrates all those tenets…Christensen’s candor regarding each moment of adversity in her life ably underscores her commitment to using her memories to “connect with others who encounter life challenges.” —Kirkus Reviews

Available online: https://books.friesenpress.com/store/title/119734000244083326/Rosaline-Christensen-Walk?fbclid=IwAR3zPeBDUWWrhXL8Oikef_f2TNPB14gKU3Kng995HRHqdIuh4RHbE1jNeXt

Rose, also happily plants, grows, picks and presses flowers. The placement, beauty and expression of creating each original “Frame-It Card” give her joy and appreciation.

Contact Rosaline for purchase and further information at cfrosaline@gmail.com