When a storm is coming, all other birds seek shelter. The eagle alone avoids the storm by flying above it. So, in the storms of life may your heart be like an eagle’s and soar above.” – Author Unknown

Encouraging you to celebrate your birthday on near a river.

What does your birthday mean to you and to your loved ones?   When I was a child, my birthday was just another ordinary day in the home I grew up in. No birthday card, cake, or gifts. Just another Read more…


Encouraging you to deal with your Paula in the best way on near a river.

What can you do with the “Paula” in your life? My husband has a coffee mug with the words “My family tree is full of nuts” on it.  But there is just one really strange nut in the bunch. Her Read more…


Encouraging you to make the most out of life on near a river.

How can you make the most out of your life? Derek Paravicini is the nephew of Camilla Parker-Bowles, a member of the British Royal Family. He and his twin sister were born at just 26 weeks gestation on July 26, Read more…


What children really think can make you laugh sometimes. A teacher at a Catholic elementary school asked her students to answer questions about the Bible on a test. Her innocent students wrote these uncorrected statements. Do you know the Bible Read more…


Encouraging you to understand the relationship between give and take and our chaotic world on www.bobbiejrae.com/nearariver.

Failure to understand the give and take concept creates chaos in our society. Did you know chaos in our world results when people take instead of giving and taking?  Takers take drugs, other people’s property, and other people’s lives.  But Read more…

"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.

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