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.
One Family’s Story
We are grateful to God for preparing us and giving us opportunities. We are thankful to homeschooling families for giving us their trust. Trust-building takes time. Starting a homeschool business and putting up a Notgrass sign didn’t mean people automatically…
Diving in with Both Feet
While we were homeschooling, working with a local church, and being a family, Ray and I continued to wonder if other people would be interested in using curriculum we had written. After John graduated from high school, we wondered if…
Baby Steps
We are history lovers, and I’d love to tell you that this photo illustrates that Ray and I started teaching our eldest history when he was a few months old. It would make a good story, but in reality Ray,…
Feet and Shoulders, Part 2
While my husband Ray was growing up in Columbia, Tennessee, reading the great books his daddy recommended and soaking up Civil War history from his grandfather, I was growing up sixty-six miles away in Ashland City, where my daddy was…
Feet and Shoulders, Part 1
Writing books about history is a dream come true for my husband Ray. He grew up around words. His daddy worked at the local Columbia, Tennessee, newspaper for more than fifty years. As a boy, Wes carried papers. As a young high…
Fiona’s Gift, Part Three
In the Sloan apartment, Nurse Katherine finds Muriel even worse. After she leaves, Mrs. O’Fallon returns for an unwelcome visit. When Mrs. O’Fallon asks Granny when her husband died, Granny tells her that she doesn’t know that he has died.…