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.
The Barn Dance
Last Saturday afternoon Ray put on his jeans and I put on my new square dance dress. It was time for the annual fall barn dance. I usually borrow a dress from the hostess. She has collected–and her daughters have…
What Are You Waiting For?
One of the things I love about the South is how people of all ages call their parents Mama and Daddy. Hearing a man in his forties talk about “Daddy” is a sweet thing. For many years, we’ve heard our…
Right, Left, or Straight Ahead?
“Sara got an A on her essay; I never get better than a B.” “Mama took Sissy to get ice cream after her dentist appointment; she took me to the fabric store and I had to wait while she shopped…
Another Career Girl
I love that Laura Ingalls Wilder published her first book at age 65. Anna Mary Robertson was another American woman who gained fame late in life. She was well-known when I was a child and I was an admirer of…
Career Girl
After more than three decades of taking in sewing at home and doing alterations for stores, my mother began her working-outside-the-home career when she was sixty, or was it fifty-nine? A local business asked her to come to the store…
“You’re Lucky”
Every once in a while someone tells me I am lucky. I gave up on luck years and years ago. I believe instead in the God Who blesses. Everything good that happens to me is one of His blessings. Everything…