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I, Ron, was taking Matthew to the Bridlepath Equine Center for his therapeutic horsemanship session (worthy of a blog of its own someday). He was chilling after a full day of school and not as chatty as usual. My mind was mostly on my “Shoulder to Shoulder” (S2S) session that evening. S2S is a supportContinue reading “My Song”

Before I (Ron) share the what and why for the above rating, let me give a quick update on Kari. She keeps walking on the edge, which keeps us on our toes. For the last 48 hours we’ve been under a fever watch: “If her fever goes beyond a certain point, she needs to beContinue reading “5 Stars”

No fancy titles or pictures – just in survival mode here.  Kari is still here at home. She is walking a very fine line from being hospitalized. She has a tube to drain all her urine, she is on antibiotics, I (Joan) am taking her vital signs every 4 hours and pumping her full ofContinue reading “Survival Mode”

The last five days for Kari (and the rest of us therefore) have been tough. Kari has been in a lot of pain and figuring what helps more than harms has not been easy. Forty-eight hours ago we thought we were in a better place, but then she spiked a temp today. Long story short:Continue reading “Painful days for Kari”

The thing you expect to hear from the surgeon following a procdure is: “Everything went well.” Today we heard: “Results were mixed.” He was able to remove the bladder stones, but couldn’t get the camera up into the kidney in order to remove the troubling stone there (happens 10% of the time). He was ableContinue reading “Results were mixed”

99 days! Til what you ask? That is the countdown until we take our family on a cruise to celebrate 40 years of marriage. And to us, this is a BIG deal! We love the life God has given us, the children and grandchildren and decided to take a big dive and celebrate what GodContinue reading “Good News / Bad News”

I know you have heard the song, Jesus Loves Me – probably since a child you have known it.                                                Jesus loves me, this I know,                                                for the Bible tells me so.                                                Little ones to Him belong.                                                          They are weak, but He is strong!                 Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus lovesContinue reading “Little ones to Him belong”

Everyone knows what a full stomach is. But do you know what a full heart is? I learned the term years ago from a 20-something when I was 40-something. He was a bit more artistic in his thinking than I. He had just returned from talking to “a woman on the street” about Jesus. ItContinue reading “My heart is full of joy this Christmas!”

Elia means, “God answers prayer.” Her mother and father couldn’t have given her a more appropriate name. God has been faithful to sweet Elia who will be 2 years old in two weeks. Once again, we come to our prayer friends and ask you to continue to plead for our precious granddaughter.  After waiting overContinue reading “Update on Elia”

“Oh taste and see that the Lord is good!” Today is Halloween. Many of us will be handing out treats and enjoying special tastes. No tricks here at the Denlinger home. We came through the month of October savoring the goodness of God! Kari turned 37, Matthew just celebrated birthday 11- his style: eating atContinue reading “Taste and Treat”