Welcome to Daily Encouragement!
Hi, I’m Charlene Notgrass. I was born a long time before you, way back in 1953. I loved homeschooling — once I learned how to make homeschooling who our family was instead of something I carried around like a big, heavy burden every day. From the lessons God has taught me, I offer you daily encouragement.
You Fit in with Us
My friend Susan introduced Ray and me to her loving, giving, heroic friend Margie and Margie’s sweet sister Robbie. When Robbie became unable to live alone, she and Margie moved in together. Now Margie takes tender care of her 90-year-old…
Sue Ellen and Her Great Aunt Mattie
Let me introduce you to my friend Sue Ellen Demonbreun Watts. Sue Ellen and I became fast friends after we met in 2017. We share faith in Jesus, a love of history, and a common ancestor, Timothy Demonbreun. We are…
The Roses on the Hillside
When Ray and I pulled up to Dollar General on Sunday night, I noticed these pretty roses on the hillside at the back of the parking lot the store shares with a small office strip. I don’t know if these…
Mended Hearts
Mended Hearts® is a peer-support group for patients and their families. A cardiologist founded the organization in 1951. The chapter in nearby Cookeville, Tennessee, provides churches (and other organizations as well, I think) free Automated External Defibrillators when at least…
Seeing the Blessings in Hard Things
After I wrote the first post about the Tennessee Maneuvers last week, a friend and daily blog reader wrote to me about her own memories of the maneuvers. While she was growing up during World War II in Springfield, Tennessee,…
Seizing the Moment
When I asked Ray what he particularly enjoyed about the Tennessee Maneuvers Remembered festival, he mentioned those who shared their childhood memories of the experience. They were a highlight for me, too. Here are more stories from the 90-year-old woman…