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.
Getting Used to the Dark
Dollar General is the go-to store in our boonies little town (have I said that I love our boonies little town?). When we stopped in the other day, I brought home a little solar-powered snowman (cost me all of $1.50). I started to…
A Little Boy’s Question
In the early 1990s, while teaching in the first and second grade Sunday School class, I thought about the fact that we never seemed to spend enough time teaching about Creation, so I decided to devote the next six months to that subject. I made…
A Tale of Plumbing, Tubs, and Connections
I have never been good at estimating how long it will take to do something (I’ll blame it on being an optimist), so I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that our two-week bathroom remodel is in week five! Yes, Mike and Jenny…
The Business of Changing
Our dislike of change starts early. Just think about how a baby struggles when she would rather do anything right now than have her diaper changed. I hope I haven’t told you this story before, but if I have, it’s…
A New Morning in a New Week
When our children were young, I had a frequent uncertainty: Just what should I be doing today? I still feel that way on some Saturdays and on Sunday afternoons. The rest of my week has a pretty set schedule most…
Stevie
Today is my little brother’s birthday. On this date back in 1956, Daddy, Mama, and I lived near the intersection of a state highway and an old country road in rural Cheatham County, Tennessee. Daddy Leland had recently built his modern grocery…