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.
“Oh, OK”
Another movie I had no business seeing as a teenager was “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.” I don’t remember anything about the movie except the plot and the title, but when I looked it up and found a…
Students As Teachers
Ray and I came to North Carolina to teach and encourage. As so often happens, the student became the teacher. Yesterday we were in Raleigh at a homeschool bookstore called the Homeschool Gathering Place. Chris Howard, a handsome, well-spoken, and…
Out of Darkness Into His Marvelous Light
After a long search for a bargain, in 2003 Ray and I bought our ten acres in the country with our very old, drafty, squeaky house that we love to call home. About two weeks later I turned fifty. Ray…
Watch for Children
Our daughter Mary Evelyn writes a play each year for a cast of homeschooled children. One day last year she was at the public library searching for an idea for her next play when her eyes spotted a book high on…
North Carolina October
When I began this blog in April, I was determined that it would not be like some glorified social media page where you heard what I fixed for breakfast. That’s not what you need. You are homeschooling mothers. You need…
Daily Encouragement – The Book
For many months before I began sharing daily encouragements with you each morning, I was working on a new book with the same title–Daily Encouragement for Homeschooling Mothers. When I started the blog, I couldn’t think of a more appropriate…