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.
The Right Place, The Right Time
Yesterday I told you about the wealthy Kirbys who do what brings wealth and prestige and the eccentric Vanderhofs who do what makes them happy while trusting the One Who takes care of the lilies of the field. After Alice…
Rearing Children — Raising Lilies
One of my absolute favorite old black and white Jimmy Stewart movies is You Can’t Take It With You. That movie was one of the many puzzle pieces that inspired our family to start Notgrass Company when Ray and I were in…
A Mama and Her Son
Ray and I are away from home so much that if I am going to buy anything new to wear, I shop online; or I occasionally run into a store when we have a little time between this and that. You can ask…
Look for the Heroes
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is a shining star among cities in the heart of this country-loving girl. When I was a girl, our family obeyed the instructions on barn roof after barn roof which told us to “See Rock City,” an old…
Christmas in July
Ray and I were both beat when we got up this morning. We had worked all evening on a final proof and went to bed exhausted. Then, we were awakened early this morning — as in sometime before 5:00 a.m. — by a…
If I Were Starting A New School Year, Part 2
As I told you yesterday, in August of 1990 I borrowed six grades of textbooks to use in our first homeschool experience. The teacher books that went with the curriculum stated emphatically that they could not be used by anyone other…