WORDS from one mother to another about how to cope when a child goes missing were a priceless gift received by the mother of missing Mount Isa teen Kyle Coleman last week.
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Denise Morcombe flew into Mount Isa last Thursday to offer support and advice to Sonia Coleman.
The Coleman family haven't stopped searching for their 17-year-old since he went missing on February 21, while camping with a friend at a property outside Camooweal.
Mrs Morcombe and her husband, Bruce, led a massive public campaign to find their son Daniel after he went missing from a bus stop in South East Queensland in 2003.
The mother behind Queensland's most high-profile child abduction case said she made the trip north to give Mrs Coleman advice from one mum to another.
``I just went through what we went through and let them know they have to be patient,'' she said. ``You can talk to a thousand people but if you haven't had your son go missing, you don't know how it feels.''
Media contacts, fund-raising tools, merchandise suppliers and advertising ideas were shared between the two families during the visit.
Mrs Coleman said Denise's advice about keeping the family unit strong stuck with her the most.
``It was very helpful to speak to another mother whom has lived through a life-altering tragic event such as losing a son,'' Mrs Coleman said.
``The advice I received will assist me to remain strong enough to help Rob, my husband, our three beautiful daughters and their partners, and the blessing of our three granddaughters reminds us every day we must go on and find our son Kyle, their brother and uncle.''
