My name is Elizabeth Rae Brading. I am a thirty-one year old woman that has lived over two lifetimes of happiness and hurt, and if you ask me, life is pretty damn good. I have not always felt like this, for a long time I almost felt like there was someone specifically holding me back, until one day, I realized it was me.

Why do we make life so hard? I remember lying on the beach looking out into an ocean that looked like it was filled with every question and answer in the universe, and it hit me…. Life is Simple….  Life is not always easy, but if you step back, take a look at the forest, the tree never looks so big.

Breath poured out of me like the ocean itself was taking it with its tide. The weight of a thousand oceans left my shoulders…. Life is Simple…. So why was I making it so difficult?

After that day, Life was Simple….  I made sure it stayed that way.

I am publishing these pages of writing and “coffee-talk” with the intent of spreading peace, and to help make someone like myself, who searched and searched to find themselves, start living.  I am no doctor, or even a nurse, nor would I like to be, but these methods or words have freed me more than any procedure, and I won’t send you a bill….  I also need to learn from you, your experiences are different than mine are, so I have a lot to gain from knowing you. 

I was raised by my mother, a charming, and loving woman, and once a week I would sit quietly and listen to my mother and Aunt Katie have coffee, they would sit and tell each other their issues or successes, and they would “get down to brass tacks”, and that’s when they would solve these problems, and they did, if they would come across something so hard, they couldn’t find a solution, they would let each other cry, and calmly offer a lipstick, see in our family, if your lipstick’s okay, you will eventually be fine. You know, the rule is true, I have always made it, and thanks to both Mom, and Aunt Kate, my lipstick has always been monitored closely, they may have something here!

Thank you for enjoying my Simple Life with me,

Lizzy

Our World

Open your eyes my sweet and see the beauty of this world. The everlasting sky that sends you the warm kisses of sun. That soft grass that tickles your feet as you walk with it. The breeze that wraps it long strong arms around you. The ocean that dances and sings for you.  The rain that cries tears of joy for you. Let the birds whisper secrets into your ears. I will open my eyes and see you; the beauty of this world. I will send you warm kisses. I will wrap my arms around you. I will walk with you. I will dance and sing for you. I will cry tears of joy for you. I will whisper my secrets only to you. For; you, are to be my world.-Liz