Category Archives: Balcony Persons

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

. 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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →

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 … Continue reading →