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.
When a Legislator Listened to His Mama
I love this picture that John chose to illustrate the opening page of Unit 9 in Exploring Government, which teaches about the 4th through the 27th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. It is one of my favorite illustrations. The hats,…
Little Things that Make a Home Sweet Home
Setting up an office in our hotel room at Hope Lodge was something of a challenge. Depending on our Exploring Government editing task at the moment, we needed two and sometimes three screens. As you see, we placed Ray’s computer,…
Life Doesn’t Stop for a Crisis
Life doesn’t stop to give us time for a crisis. That’s why Ray and I were “busy little campers” during our first two weeks at Hope Lodge. Last year we at Notgrass History decided the time had come to update…
Scenes God Created
I had a post almost finished for you for this morning when I decided I simply had to share our autumn with you. God sent its peak to our area last week and this past weekend. God created these scenes…
A Home Away from Home
Because the Internet is accessible to sweet mamas like you and also to people who might like to enter an unoccupied house uninvited, I have been quiet about where Ray and I have been since September 20. We left home…
Rejoice with us! Ray’s treatments are behind us!
On September 20, my husband Ray began radiation treatment for prostate cancer. Today, on the 26th of October, he completed his final treatment, which was treatment #26. We are very grateful. His radiology oncologist told us last week that radiation…