What mummy wanted; Devoted mother: Caroline Wagstaff with her sons James (right) and Aneurin. The boys had already lost their father to illness Pledge: Rachel McCarthy (right) and Sarah Cowley.

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: February 7, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: LIZ HULL

WHEN Caroline Wagstaff was diagnosed with a terminal illness, she wasnaturally devastated.

But the devoted mother of two was most concerned about what would happen to heryoung sons when she was gone.

With no family in Britain to look after them, she was terrified that James, 11,and Aneurin, eight, would be put into care. So Mrs Wagstaff, a 44-year-oldwidow, turned to the two people she trusted the most - her two best friends -and a...