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 Size Fits . . .
A nearby department store had a big sale last Saturday. I like to shop there sometimes because they have petites. (Remember that in clothing, petite does not mean tiny; it just means short! My arms and waist are so short…
Fireworks for the Fourth
This flag flies on the front porch of our good friends Tom and Jo Carr, who recently moved back to Tom’s hometown of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, after he retired. Tom serves on the library board; Jo serves in the hospital…
Can Someone Get the Phone?
We got our first telephone when we moved into town when I was four years old. It was a black table model with a rotary dial. We rented it from the telephone company, just like everybody else. If we called…
A Yellow Caution Light
“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour” (1 Peter 5:8, NASB). I certainly wish he didn’t prowl around wanting our children, but he does. I…
Celebrate
Students of American history know that there were once thirteen British colonies along the Atlantic coast. Representatives of the colonies adopted the Declaration of Independence from Great Britain on July 4, 1776, and fought the American Revolution to gain that…
Children, Books, and Train Schedules
Like many homeschooling families, we are a family of book lovers. Each of our children’s spouses have fit right in to a book loving family; they love books, too. When we moved into this house almost ten years ago, we…