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.
Change!
While I was growing up, Daddy, Mother, Steve, and I walked across the street to the red brick church on the corner. Over and over throughout the year and throughout the years, we sang the words of this wonderful old hymn from 1874. Low…
David
When we first moved into our rural community in 2004, one of the first neighbors we met was David’s homeschooling family of eleven from across the river. They soon began to invite us to their parties at Christmas-time and to their…
The Man Behind the Television Almanzo, Part 3
Dr. Dale Cockrell was a professor of musicology when he began to read the Little House series to his young son. As a musicologist, he became fascinated with the 127 songs Laura mentions in her books. His interest inspired him to write a…
The Man Behind the Television Almanzo, Part 2
Dean Butler was not content to be only the actor who once played Almanzo on “Little House on the Prairie.” He has continued learning about the people behind the books that inspired the series, and he has shared that learning with…
The Man Behind the Television Almanzo, Part 1
Dean Butler, who played Almanzo in the television series “Little House on the Prairie,” was our next door neighbor at the Indiana Association of Home Educators convention in Indianapolis last weekend. IAHE invited him to speak at the convention last…
Indiana Blessings
Ray and I enjoyed being with our son John, our daughter-in-law Audra, and our grandson Henry this past weekend, while we displayed our curriculum at the Indiana Association of Home Educators convention at the state fairgrounds. Since our family has…