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.
One of My Happiest “Little” Moments Yet
Though my happy moment didn’t exactly look like this, it was idyllic for me nonetheless. In August by William Ladd Taylor was an illustration for Baby’s Lullaby Book, published in 1888 by L. Prang & Co. Courtesy of the Library…
50 Years Ago Today I Had My First Date with Ray Notgrass
In the spring of 1974, I was living off-campus in a rented room in an old red-brick mansion across the street from Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The first floor was furnished with impressive antiques. The lady of…
Notgrass History and God’s Faithfulness, Part 4: 2018-The Present
In the early 1990s, while teaching in a first and second grade Sunday School class, I thought about the fact that we never seemed to spend enough time teaching about Creation, so I decided to devote the next six months…
Notgrass History and God’s Faithfulness, Part 3: 2010-2017
As I said yesterday, the next part of our story may seem obvious, but it took several years for us to realize what we should do next. Middle School Curriculum. During those early years, parents would ask us if they…
Notgrass History and God’s Faithfulness, Part 2: 2003-2009
As I mentioned yesterday, in 1999 we called our publishing endeavor The Notgrass Company. I remember the day we decided on that name. As we began dabbling in writing and publishing part-time in previous years, we chose this verse from…
Notgrass History and God’s Faithfulness, Part 1: 1999-2002
Ray and I are excited that Notgrass History is celebrating 25 years this year. I enjoyed collaborating with our son John on our special 25th anniversary catalog for 2024. I am thankful a printing company shipped them to us last…