The rich farmlands of the Dakota Territory in 1887 are finally beginning to yield the abundant harvest the pioneers had dreamed about so long. The establishment of the railroad has brought significant changes to the small town of Blessing as well as prosperity to the Bjorklund family and their neighbors. Among the townsfolk is reverend John Solberg. The reverend, rejecting the persistent efforts of matchmaking mothers, develops a friendship with Mary...

After her husband's disappearance in a winter storm, Ingeborg Bjorklund, who had dreams of a good life in the Dakota Territory, struggles to keep the farm and her family together.

Hjelmer has left his immigrant community in the Dakota Territory to work on the railroad out west. Penny has agreed to wait for him, but months after she last heard from him, Penny is pursued by other eligible suitors and her love for Hjelmer is sorely tried.

"Though she has known hardships in her life, Ingeborg Bjorklund chooses to focus on all she has been given. Blessed with children and grandchildren, she enjoys the friendship and support of the entire Blessing, North Dakota, community. And after several years of widowhood, she has reached a place of contentment with her life .Meanwhile, her stepson Thorliff is raising two children alone since his beloved Elizabeth died. But there is a new schoolteacher...