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    Fabulous Frankie

    Nov 17, 2021 3 minutes
    As told to Amber Wemyss

    Alana Doneley, 41, Mackay, Qld

    Tucking my girl, Frankie, then six, into bed, she was deep in thought.

    ‘How was the world made?’ she asked, inquisitively.

    Constantly curious, Frankie had always been wise beyond her years and eager to learn new things.

    When she wasn’t busy pondering life’s biggest questions, Frankie was just like any other girl – obsessed with dolls, princesses and fairies.

    I worried she would be bullied

    And much like her older brothers, Cooper, 14, and

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