COLEEN Rooney has paid tribute to her little sister on what would’ve been her 24th birthday
Rosie sadly died aged 14 in 2013 after a lifelong battle with the rare brain disorder Rett syndrome, which causes severe disabilities.
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Coleen, 36, took to Instagram to post a heartbreaking video of herself playing with Rosie.
She shared the clip which saw her gave her beloved sister a sweet kiss at the end.
Coleen captioned the Instagram video: “Happy Birthday Rosie. Love you”.
Playing behind the video was Bruno Mars’ hit song, Just the Way You are.
Last month Coleen marked ten years since her sister died.
Again, taking to Instagram she shared a candid black and white photo of them on a family holiday alongside her husband Wayne.
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Next to the photo, Coleen wrote: “10 years today……We all love and miss you Rosie Mc.”
Rosie was originally fostered at two years old by Coleen’s parents, Tony and Colette.
They knew she was disabled but it took a few years to realise how serious her condition was.
“When Rosie arrived she could crawl, and even though she couldn’t use her hands that much she would handle toys on her play mat and she could eat,” Coleen wrote in the Mail on Sunday in 2006.
“But over a period of time she stopped crawling and lost what use of her hands she had. Then she started having problems swallowing her food.
“It took pretty much a year for Rosie to be diagnosed and, looking back, I can see how much Mum pushed to find out what was wrong with her and to try to do what was best for her.”
Days before Rosie died, when it became clear her condition was deteriorating, Coleen and the family cut their Barbados holiday short.
She said at the time: “So glad we ended our holiday short, due to her deteriorating & we was able to spend the last few days together with her an our family.”
“Sleep tight Rosie Mc x. We love you more than words can say x.”
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