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.
Purple Stories
One of the first board books I read to John, our first child, was God Made All the Colours. I’m thankful that I can see colors. I spent several sad hours when Ray and I were first getting to know each…
Hearts That Pour
I love the fellowship of fellow homeschooling mothers. One thing I have noticed about us is how quickly we share our hearts with one another. Sometimes it seems that what is in our hearts is right there at the top…
A Man from Mt. Airy
When I was in elementary school, we looked forward to the times when entertainers visited our school through a program called Southern Assemblies. Teachers collected a quarter from each child who wanted to attend. At the scheduled time, we got…
Readiness
I heard a wonderful story yesterday while Ray and I were visiting with homeschoolers at The Pilgrim’s Journey homeschool bookstore in Fayetteville, North Carolina. A homeschooled teenager (I’ll call her Jill) struggled with high school math. After a year of…
And Now It’s Time to Go to Bed
When our children were small, I often sang to them before they went to bed. Along with classic children’s songs were two that changed from day to day. One of these I learned when I first started going to the…
A Story of Sibling Encouragement
The Bible has many stories about conflicts between siblings. Jesus told a parable about a prodigal son and his bitter brother. Martha got irritated when Mary didn’t help her with the housework. Rachel was jealous when Leah had children and she didn’t.…