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.
Lessons from the Underground Railroad
Ray and I are grateful for a visit to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. While most of the museum was dedicated to the Underground Railroad, it also highlighted other issues of freedom, subjection, and slavery. The section on modern…
Americans, Learn!
When Dr. Ben Carson spoke to homeschooling families last Saturday night in Cincinnati, he encouraged each member of the audience to raise the level of education in America. I thought his method was brilliant and very much like the one…
Happy Anniversary, Homeschool Heroines
I missed our anniversary!! Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of Daily Encouragement for Homeschool Mothers. I knew we were coming up on it, but I just didn’t think about it when I wrote the blog for yesterday. I want…
Reunion
Our 2014 continues to be a reunion year for Ray and me. When we married at the end of 1974, I joined Ray in Lexington where he was working on his Masters in history at the University of Kentucky. While there…
Brave Mama
In 1951 in Detroit, Michigan, a baby boy was born into an African American family (I’ll call him Keith). While he was still a boy, his mama discovered that her husband was a bigamist with a second family. The couple divorced and…
Being Goofy
Good morning, homeschool heroines. I apologize for our technical difficulties yesterday. I wrote the blog late Wednesday night and made the “boy, I sure was tired last night” corrections Thursday morning in plenty of time for it to come to…