Poppylillac Gough grew up thinking horrific trauma was part of everyday life. It wasn’t until she sat down with her school counsellor that she had an “epiphany” about how much her dad’s work was affecting her.
Queensland girl’s bid to help other children of emergency service workers. “I wish I had someone to say, ‘Hey, I don’t like it when the phone rings in two in the morning, or I don’t like it when he has no days off for three months’,” the 17-year-old girl told 7NEWS.com.au. “Having to watch him leave house in the middle of dinner, or working on holidays, and Christmases, birthdays — as much as you feel like it’s your normal life, when you grow up with it, it’s just your life.
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