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.
Are Your Earrings Too Big?
A homeschooling mother told me recently that someone once told her that she did not look like a homeschooling mother because she wore big earrings. Then she showed me her earrings–the size was similar to the ones I wear. Am I…
My First Book of Words
Last night Ray and I visited our daughter Mev and her family. I enjoyed our conversation around the table, playing with dolls on the floor with Clara, and holding little Wesley. Back home, I piddled around trying to get things in…
Bicycle Adjustments
I grew up in the center of downtown Ashland City, Tennessee, right in the midst of all 2,000 of us Ashland Citians. My granddaddy’s store was behind us. My school was in view to the left and across the street…
My House is Undone
Rich man, poor man, Beggar man, thief, Doctor, lawyer, Merchant, chief. When I was a girl, we played a game in which we repeated this rhyme while pointing one by one to the buttons on our blouses. When we came…
Wholly Devoted
Gary and Jo are two of the most positive people I know. They married soon after Jo graduated from high school and recently celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary. We missed the party because we were out of town, but I…
A Family
Ray and I drive one hour each way to visit our wonderful chiropractor (I’ll call him Dr. Randy Jones). In the several years that he has been helping us, I have come to appreciate the two ladies who run his…