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.
Rearing Bright Children
On a recent trip from our home to Chattanooga, Tennessee, Ray and I stopped to look out over the Sequatchie Valley where God was shining spotlights through the clouds and onto the green valley below. A few days later I glanced out…
Connections
When Charles Francis Adams was 28 years old, he wrote this in his diary: “I have the misfortune of being the descendant of two great men and must do something to avoid the charge of utter degeneracy.” As a little boy, Charles Francis…
From a President’s Heart
Like his father, John Quincy Adams served for only one term as President. Like his father, he left office following a bitter election. Like his father, John Quincy Adams made good use of his post-presidential years. John Quincy Adams had been…
The Indian Princess with Learning Challenges No One Ever Knew
Mothers of Grace III — For Our Children
Sometimes it’s easy to compare our children to other children. Our children need grace, too. God made each one in His image, but He didn’t use a cookie cutter. Some children learn calculus with ease; others are good with their…
Mothers of Grace II – Inadequate, Imperfect, and Hopelessly Flawed
When we pulled up to the house on Monday night after being at the THSC convention in Arlington last weekend, Ray commented on the beautiful flowers blooming in the garden. It is indeed ablaze in purple and white. On Tuesday…