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.
Two Words of Kindness
When our family performed “A Walk Through Tennessee History in Story and Song” for homeschool groups in Tennessee, we always included the Big Band tune, “Chattanooga Choo Choo.”* Ray and I spent our honeymoon at the Chattanooga Choo Choo hotel in Chattanooga.…
Teaching Mamas and Teachable Kids
Ray and I had a rare experience on Tuesday afternoon — it’s called margin. When I was in school, our teachers taught us to begin writing at the little red vertical line on our notebook paper and to stop when we…
On Track
Ray and I are on our way to convention number four for 2015–MassHOPE (Massachusetts Homeschool Organization of Parent Educators–one of my favorite homeschool organization acronyms) in Worcester, about an hour from Boston. This is our first time to share our…
Church Cuddles
Last week I heard a sweet story from my friend whom I’ll call Julie. Her husband who deeply loved Jesus left this world almost a year ago. Julie rejoices for her husband while missing him terribly, both for herself and for her…
“So Make-Funable!”
I hope it is okay to tell a funny story about a funeral because I’m about to do just that. Miss Lynne was fun. I believe she would like to hear my story about what happened to me on Wednesday morning. I’ll…
Red Hair, Freckles, and a Servant’s Heart
I have told you several times about the sweet older ladies whom I teach in our church’s ladies Bible class. I have known the day would come when one of them would go home before the others of us. It happened this…