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.
Dwight Eisenhower and His Brothers Honor Their Mother
Yesterday I shared stories about President Dwight Eisenhower’s family, especially about his mother, Ida. Today I want to share how Eisenhower honored his mother in her old age and how he remembered and honored her after she passed away. Even…
Ida Eisenhower, Mother of a Future President
Learning how other mamas have lived with their families gives us mothers at least two types of lessons. Sometimes we learn new ideas to try with our own families, and sometimes we receive warnings about what to resist at all…
Harry Truman’s First Mother’s Day as President
Harry Truman was serving as vice president of the United States when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt died in office on April 12, 1945, and Truman was sworn in as our 33rd president. He had only been vice president since January…
President Woodrow Wilson Remembered His Mama
On Saturday, May 9, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Mother’s Day to be a national observance to be celebrated on the second Sunday of May each year. Several years ago, Ray and I visited the Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library and…
Longing for Home
Homeschool is a compound word, made up of two root words: home and school. Let’s talk about the second root word first. I suppose that almost everybody over a certain age in America knows what school means because almost everybody…
Still Honoring Her Mama and Daddy
I’d like to share one more message inspired by my Aunt Dot. I am confident that some people waste time on Facebook and that some people use it to whip up on people and hurt their feelings, but Dot doesn’t…