In Honor of Maureen

This post is part of a post on the Balcony Persons who have shaped our lives. In Honor of Maureen by Alison Urbank Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it (Hebrews 13:2). A very striking woman suddenly appeared one day at the door of [...]

In honor of my mother-in-law, Miriam

This post is part of an on-going series on the Balcony Persons in our lives. In Honor of Miriam by Patty Williams People like to joke about mothers-in-law, but mine is my balcony person.  Miriam Caldwell Williams was 50 years old when she was suddenly called home to our Lord.  I was still a young [...]

In Honor of Big John

Honoring Big John (aka, my dad)  by Linda Filgo My Dad was always up there on the balcony, and still is.  He occupies the first balcony to the right of the pearly gates. As a teen I knew better than to play the ask-one-parent-and-then-ask-the-other-if-you-don’t-like-the-answer game. My mother would almost automatically say “No.” But my Dad, [...]

In Honor of Aunt Thelma

This post is part of an ongoing series on the Balcony Persons in our lives. From Cloak Room to Balcony  by Susan Cowley In the still of a cricket-drone summer day in Oklahoma City, my Aunt Thelma moved from the cloak room, as it were, to an enduring role as my Balcony Person. She was [...]

In Honor of Cousin Conrad

. This post is part of a series honoring the Balcony Persons in our lives. . Remembering a Cousin by Mark Long . Years ago I had, as I still do, a sense of awe about the Mississippi River. My grandparents lived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and when we made the trip, I waited for [...]

In Honor of Dorothy

This post is part of a series honoring the Balcony Persons in our lives.  If you have a BP you’d like to tell about, then please email me your story to WMEades@gmail.com. My Balcony Person:  Dorothy by Judy Filer I have been blessed all of my life by the presence of my godmother, Dorothy.  Although [...]

In Honor of Del Poling

This post is part of a series honoring the Balcony Persons in our lives.  If you have a BP you’d like to tell about, then please email me your story to WMEades@gmail.com. In Honor of Del Poling by Mike Murray “My Reputation Is on the Line” In the Fall of 1973 I had just made [...]

In honor of Dr. Fran Howard

from Karen Waters celebrating Dr. Fran Howard. Somehow it was okay for her to correct me. I didn’t know her well. I had only just met her at mother and daddy’s wedding. She lived in the duplex next to where mother, my new daddy, my older brother and sister and I lived. I don’t know [...]

In honor of a Balcony Person: Billy

This post is the first in a new series on Balcony Persons.  If you would like to honor one of your BPs, please send your story to me at WMEades@gmail.com “Most of us, swimming against the tides of trouble the world knows nothing about, need only a bit of praise or encouragement – and we [...]

Request for “Balcony People” stories

Would you send me a story about one of your “Balcony Persons?” I’d like to start the new year by sharing stories of those countless angels out there who have quietly, or maybe not so quietly, called us to become our best Selves. You have someone like that in your life. I know that you [...]