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. Read more about my journey.
Real Life. Real Experiences.
Last Tuesday evening Ray and I had the privilege of attending our son John’s first live performance of his program “The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder in Story and Song” at the library in Warrenton, Missouri. You may have seen…
Having Trouble Finishing Up Those Homeschool Projects?
Today is the last day in my series of showing you pictures I pulled together for the open house of the new Notgrass History headquarters. Today I’m showing you photos with various themes before finishing up with a little story…
Friends and Family
Ray and I grew up in Tennessee, moved to Kentucky for Ray to go to graduate school, and moved first to Mississippi and later to Illinois when he was in full time ministry. In 1993 we moved back home to…
Join Me for Live Chat
I have really missed the traveling part of our work and hope that we will have opportunities to do that again. I have so loved getting to meet homeschooling families in many places. It’s not the same, but I also…
Don’t Break Down!
If you have ever remodeled an old house or even completed home improvements on a newer house, you know that things usually get more complicated than you expected they would be at first. A few months after we moved into…
Celebrate–and Be Flexible
One day last week I showed you this crowded mother-in-law apartment where we operated our business after moving to Gainesboro in 2004. Notice the boxes in the lower right corner. The boxes are labeled America the Beautiful. Those boxes are…