#BlogEveryDayAugust2014 Day 1 - Who am I

Day One... About Me..

I'm new to blogging online in a way, well this sort of blogging anyway. I've always loved to write, whether it be a diary or a journal, and now starting my own blog, not just about fashion, well clothes, but different things in my life as the internet has expanded over the years l have started to blog in a different way in photo's (instagram) as l'm passionate about photography it's perfect,

Ok, l'm waffling, lets start at the beginning...

I'm 49 (nearly 50)  hence the name of the blog, and l have 3 children and 3 grandchildren, all left home and have their own lives.. I have a partner who l have been together with for 4 years now and l have to say he has helped me be the person l have become over the last few years...
Brief history... we met when we were teenagers, working together at our first jobs, as as you do over the years we lost contact, we both went on to get married have and raise children,...

Quirky Fact.. we married within 2 months of each other, danced to the same songs at our weddings, lived within a couple of miles of each other, but never bumped in to each other and both our marriages ended in 2008 within 2 months of each other... we were both on our own for about 18 months and then we were reintroduced by a mutual friend and the rest is history as they say...

Sadly my marriage wasn't a happy one, and l'm not ashamed to admit that l am a survivor of varying kinds of domestic abuse, and l'm proud of that fact that l have lived that life and now can hold my head high and say l'm a survivor... but my confidence in my self, my body and my abilities were nil when l first met Ronnie, l was withdrawn, ashamed of my body, my scars from numerous major surgeries ( l had a kidney removed in 2003 and have a rather large scar all round the side of my body).. and l always wore black, l said it was because it was slimming, but one day my son who was 16 at the time said "no mum, it's because you want to fade in to the back ground" ..

Ronnie gently held by hand and knocked down the glass box l have built around myself and my confidence has grown l've gone from wearing all black to accessorize   in colour to wearing odd garments of bold colours to, well floral, and anything really.. mind you l still stand in front of the mirror and sigh but l see his face when l come down stairs and l know it's ok...

As a job l am a Complementary Therapist and Sports massage practitioner, l love my work and am dedicated to it.. to making people smiling and feel good :-) ...

So back to blogging, one reason l blog is to express how far l have come in my new life... and reason two, well last years my Mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer she was 67 and never been ill, having already lost my Dad a couple of years earlier to cancer this was, well it's hard to describe the pain and emotion l felt.. she actually died 8 weeks after being given the news, for the last 5 weeks of her life l moved in to her little cottage with her and nursed her till the end, during that time l would write an online journal for my friends to keep up with the how things were going, there was many funny moments many sad moments, l think it helped me as well to write it all down, l was very privileged to have that time with her, she was my best friend, we planned the funeral just the way she wanted it, and all throughout that time we were open and honest,and the wonderful thing was l was able to let her have her last wish to pass away in her little cottage, and she did holding my hand,  ... in fact l have to admit sitting here now writing this l have tears in my eyes... l miss her, one of the las things she said to Ronnie and I was that she was so thankful that she had seen me happy for the last few years and l was the Louise again that she knew and loved before l was married.... Hence the name Mrs Happy...

So this is me,

                                                           Love and hugs my lovelies
                                                                         Mrs Happy xx