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.
Adjectives Advance; Acronyms Abound
You may have guessed this by now, but I just love it when our children and grandchildren come for a visit. I have so many favorite things to do with them. Games is one. One night recently when our daughters…
Abundant New Year!
Ray and I have seen lots of “free breakfasts” at chain hotels. There was a time when they seemed like a real treat to us and our kids. Since we have started traveling so much for Notgrass Company, they don’t…
Happy Sixth Day of Christmas
When I was growing up, one of the superstitions that people around me believed was that you must take your Christmas tree down before New Year’s Day so you wouldn’t have “bad luck.” I am thankful that Christ has set…
Banana Surprise
Sometimes I grab a knife and whack off the stem of my banana, but I usually grab it between my thumb and index finger and pull. You know what happens then. Usually the stem snaps and I start peeling my…
Daily Decisions
On this day thirty-nine years ago, I made one of the best decisions I have ever made. I married Ray Notgrass. I had been twenty-one years old for twenty-five days and a college graduate for seven. I was not old…
The Day After Christmas
Boxing Day is celebrated in England on the day after Christmas. The original purpose of the holiday was to honor servants with a box containing gifts, hence the name Boxing Day. Only a small percentage of Americans today have servants…