For the past year I have had to cope with an enormous amount of stress from 3 family bereavements to DH`s severe stroke. On Friday we celebrated our 50th Wedding Anniversary and DD organised a delightful afternoon of afternoon tea at a plush hotel with champagne flowing - most of which I drank - well most of them were driving and DH is not drinking anyway on to today and a niece who was there equated me to 2 women from a bygone age that I have always admired for their strength and fortitude - Queen Matilda and Eleanor of Aquataine - I`m actually still reeling from the fact that someone thinks I am a strong woman coping with what life has thrown at me. Thank you Anne you have made my day.
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Congratulations on your Golden Anniversary, sparkygran 
!
I'm sure it's a true saying - 'What doesn't kill you makes you stronger'. I hope the future is a lot easier for you. 
50 years! That's fantastic. What a wonderful occasion. It sounds as though you've been through the mill and deserve every swig of champers
SPARKY.
Well done you two !!
Here are some &
"I am woman, hear me roar ..." 
and .
Lots of congratulations - and honestly, you do sound as if you have coped incredibly.
Granny I would say purr, rather than roar!
Isn"t that what lions do ??
she's
a) a fictitious character
b) a comic character
and c) a man.
But seriously sparkygran I take my hat off to you! Maybe you should change your name to spunkygran!!
"I am strong, I am invincible, I am woman!!"
Although (harking back to the 'minx' thread) in Australia apparently 'spunky' means sexually attractive...it's a minefield, but of course sparkygran may well embody both meanings of the word! 
Ana and Soutra I refer you to the Urban Dictionary, to avoid future embarrassment
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=spunk
I suppose it's a bit like 'ballsy' - all male-sexual-bits-related 
Well done sparkygran. Someone put on the thought for the day thread 'we don't know how strong we can be until we have no choice'. That is absolutely true from one strong woman to another - that might sound like self-praise but I have been through the mill so many times I feel entitled to call myself strong.
Brendan O'Carroll's mother isn't fictitious. Mrs. Brown is.
From what he was saying on Graham Norton the other night his mum was a remarkable woman.
Strong women of the world unite KatyK for you - keep strong
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