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.
Homeschool To Do List, Part 3 — Wholesome Words
Three objectives on our Homeschool To Do List were: Know history. Love reading. Learn to communicate. We used a variety of activities to teach each objective; and, as I mentioned recently, we often combined more than one objective into a single activity.…
Peeps in the Night
A few days ago, I glanced into the backyard at just the right moment to see a blue heron spread its wings at the edge of our pond and climb almost straight up into the sky. I still remember the moment…
A Big Party
Ray and I had a beautiful experience Monday afternoon and evening. I mentioned yesterday that we had somewhere to go that day that would be difficult for Mother. That somewhere was an outdoor wedding at 4:00 in the afternoon at Standing Stone…
A Life of Stages
Ray and I spent a long and tiring afternoon on Sunday, going through things at my Mother’s house. It’s a job I have dreaded for many years and the time has come. Then yesterday afternoon Ray and I wanted to go to…
Homeschool To Do List, Part 2
After posting My Homeschool To Do List last week, blog reader Betsy responded with: “I wish I could read/learn more about how your typical day-to-day lives went when you were homeschooling…what this approach ‘looked like’ on a day-by-day basis!” It…
Hand-in-Hand–Not Handing Off
Ray and I struggled at times with just how to handle our church’s youth group when our children were teenagers. We had had no youth group at our church in Illinois. When we moved to Tennessee, we were excited to have the…