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Category Archives: For Veterans

For Veterans, Very Special People!

Articles in this category cover a variety of topics especially for Veterans. Topics include the life of a military working dog in Vietnam, depression, anxiety, PTSD, success, and many more. The goal of these articles is to enable every (wo)man who served our country to soar like an eagle above life’s storms.

Writer BJ Rae’s vision is insightful and motivating. It brings every Veteran a successful and positive outlook on life.

These articles honor Veterans. They also inspire and encourage each and every Veteran to cope with their issues. BJ’s husband is a Vietnam Veteran.

BJ also hopes that all Veterans soar like an eagles above the storms in their lives!

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic book for children about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives.

Near a River encourages early reading for children. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

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Still Have Time To Make Your Year Great!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, Holidays that Heal..., How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World? December 26, 2023

Encouraging you to make the rest of your year great on near a river.

Once again it’s time to consider how your year has been so far. Although I keep a journal and can look back on any day to recall out what I did that day, I am amazed at how fast the Read more…

Not About You!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Fix Problems?, Overcome Depression December 27, 2023

When someone is unkind to you or tries to bully you, it is not about you. Here is what it is really about… This evening my husband and I walked together. As we passed by one neighbor’s home, his dog Read more…

Achieve Financial Success

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Fix Your Finances, For Parents, For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Fix Problems?, How Can I Improve My Country?, Training for Success May 1, 2024

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You can achieve financial success! Did you know you can achieve financial success with your current income? You can! The path to financial success doesn’t start with radical change. It begins by asking a lot of questions. It’s quite possible to Read more…

The Poppy Flower

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans December 27, 2023

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Do you know what the red Poppy flower represents? These two well-known poems explain it very well. In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row. That mark our place; and Read more…

Happy Freedom Day!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans May 5, 2020

Encouraging you to have a happy fourth of July on near a river.

Happy Fourth of July! Happy Freedom Day! On the Fourth of July as a child, I walked to the park with my older brother in the morning and attended an all-day celebration. We ate cotton candy and hot dogs until Read more…

You Never Know When…

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Encouraging you to know to always be kind on near a river.

You never know when someone will repay your kindness with an even greater kindness! A poor young man was selling door to door to put himself through college. At the end of the day, he reached into his pockets and Read more…

Avoid the Flu!

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, For Veterans, The Power of Positive Thinking!, Training for Success March 15, 2020

Smiling DOES enable your body to avoid the flu! It is cold outside. I woke this morning before 7 am to snow covering our lawn. Flu season is upon us. Did you know that smiling enables you to avoid the flu? In Read more…

Your Jar of Life

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, The Power of Positive Thinking!, Training for Success March 15, 2020

What is in your “jar of life”? One day a philosophy teacher placed an empty jar on his desk. He proceeded to fill it up with ping pong balls until he could fit no more. Then he asked his class Read more…

Keep Calm and Just Wait

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Heal My Body?, Overcome Anxiety, Overcome PTSD March 15, 2020

Encouraging you to just wait to make a decision on near a river.

Are you over-stressed? Please keep calm and just wait… The news constantly bombards us with messages that we must take action immediately. This message can become so ingrained in our minds that we do not know when to stay calm Read more…

At Peace With the World

bobbiejrae Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Veterans, How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World? March 15, 2020

Today I feel at peace with the world around me. When I tell people I am a writer, they usually tell me it must be great to work at home. They ask me what I write, and then they change Read more…

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"Each reader's heart is like an eagle's and can soar above the storms in life..." - Near a River's Author, BJ Rae.

Written with uplifting words of encouragement, Near a River is a photographic children's book about two young bald eagles who are eager for their mother to teach them to fly so they may soar over the storms in their lives. Near a River encourages early childhood reading. BJ hopes that every child becomes a strong reader and soars above the storms in life.

Please help BJ raise funds for the charities she supports–cancer research, child abuse, domestic violence, and disaster victims.

I Give You Three Feathers January 1, 2018
To The Ones December 21, 2019
Times Have Changed November 27, 2019
The Gives November 21, 2019
Still Have Time To Make Your Year Great! November 2, 2017
A Silly Song November 11, 2019
The Bear October 21, 2019

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