My Canadian Homestead
This memoir begins in the summer of 1928, following Helen Elizabeth Johnson’s childhood in Canwood, Saskatchewan. It preserves prairie life, family relationships, work, and the stories that can otherwise disappear between generations.
A Swedish and Wyoming connection
Teressa’s grandparents travelled from Sweden to North America and her family’s story reaches through Casper, Canada, and the places where generations built their lives.
Motherhood and memory
The journal includes reflections on family memories, multicultural family life, single parenting, home birth, and the small moments that deserve to be remembered.