News by Hannah Paine  WARNING: Distressing content. When Kate met Tom they both bonded over their traumatic childhoods - his mother had died from throat cancer, while she had grown up with an abusive father before fleeing home at 15. The single mother of four from Queensland was nearly 35 while Tom was just 22, however, he seemed wise beyond his years. The first couple of times we met, I used to say, this is not going to happen mate, you re so much younger than me , Kate, not her real name, told news.com.au. We got on really well, we could talk, he seemed to be an older soul.
News by Hannah Paine  WARNING: Distressing content. When Kate met Tom they both bonded over their traumatic childhoods - his mother had died from throat cancer, while she had grown up with an abusive father before fleeing home at 15. The single mother of four from Queensland was nearly 35 while Tom was just 22, however, he seemed wise beyond his years. The first couple of times we met, I used to say, this is not going to happen mate, you re so much younger than me , Kate, not her real name, told news.com.au. We got on really well, we could talk, he seemed to be an older soul.
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Subscriber only Mackay residents are spoiled for choice this May Day long weekend with a social calendar chock-full of events. When: 7.30pm, Sunday May 2 Where: Mackay Entertainment and Convention Centre, Alfred Street, Mackay What s happening: Renowned Emmy-winning and Grammy-nominated artist Toni Childs will perform in Mackay to support the Daily Mercury s Hub for our Heroes campaign. Toni Childs will appear at Tanks Art Centre. Picture: supplied. Inspired by her father and her own mental health struggles, Toni Childs backs PTSD Frontline s mission alongside Sir Peter Cosgrove and Australia s oldest surviving Victoria Cross recipient Keith Payne to develop a first responders and veterans treatment centre at Kinchant Dam.