That is, the Greatest Of All Time for us folk who weren’t born with a screen in our hands.

Every day in my journal I answer the statement – “Someone I can let know that I appreciate or value to day is…”

About 90% of the time it’s Fran.

She makes our chaotic life run smoothly.

She’s the calm to the storm of my brain and breakdown the explosion of ideas in to achievable chunks or gives the reasons why it’s not a great way to go.

Fran gives me and the kids the freedom to be who we truly are while keeping a lid on my more dangerous ideas.

It was her birthday on Monday and she was rewarded with a cold and raging headache. She still cracked on and made sure we were all ok before having an afternoon nap.

We all need somebody in our life who can offer a non-judgemental eye over us.

Me and the kids have that in Fran.

Darren “Grateful” Checkley