Elizabeth's and her family were able to leave behind the poverty that had plagued their family for the past several years and come to the land of America. Thanks to her sister and her husband's generosity. Life seemed to be making a turn around for the better until the day they came to her home to tell her that Jon her husband had been killed at work in a freak accident. She had no idea what she was going to do now without Jon. But once again her brother-in-law came to the rescue. Kathleen and Drew took on the responsibility of Elizabeth and her three orphan children when they brought them out West to live with them. There she was to meet and eventually fall in love with and marry Brat Richards; the owner of a ranch a full days ride from the home where she had hid for the past year. Elizabeth fought falling for Brat Richards with every fiber of her being until in a dream one night Jon appeared to her and told her that it was alright for her to love this man and to have a life with him. When she finally gave her heart to Brat she did it with all her being, and they made a life together with Elizabeth's three children and twins that were the product of Brat and her love for one another.