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.
A Mountain That God Made
Our train leaves the Anchorage Depot this morning at 7:15 a.m. Alaska Time. Today we might see moose, black bear, brown bear, beaver lodges, lots of waterfowl, and possibly even a wolf between Anchorage and Denali! We have one stop…
Native Nations
We arrived in Anchorage last night and headed over to our bed and breakfast. Before our trip, we found a B and B up here that costs less than our usual chain hotel. Our host promised a big breakfast that includes her mother’s bread made…
Heading North
Daddy loved to explore Tennessee and Kentucky. On countless Sundays Mother or Daddy opened a front door of our two-door white Ford Falcon (our car before we got the VW bus), so that my brother and I could push the front seat…
Just Because You Can . . .
A new homeschooling family has moved into our area. Though I haven’t seen her face to face since she and her family moved here, the mom (I’ll call her Sara) and I have spoken on the phone a few times. I called Sara on…
Copycats
Children are copycats! When I was a young mother in Oxford, Mississippi, I taught the four- and five-year-old Bible class with Lillie Fay, who was a master teacher. On one Sunday evening, we were teaching the children about the Lord’s…
Budget Travel 101 — Lesson 1
I grew up with a daddy who loved to go and a mama who was willing to sacrifice to satisfy his wanderlust. They weren’t going to let the smallness of Daddy’s paycheck keep us at home. Since Daddy worked until…