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

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Did you know that simply following your Circadian rhythm will make you healthier and help you maintain a healthy weight? Your circadian rhythm is a 24-hour internal clock that runs in the background of your brain.  It cycles between sleepiness Read more…


Do you understand life?  I do not understand it fully, but I do understand these things… Some days life is too hard, and other days it is quite enjoyable. As I watched the sunrise on a Florida beach the past Read more…


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Everyone needs a “fast pass” now and then to get through life. Here is how to get this valuable item Recently my husband and I went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  After we checked in, we walked to Read more…


Even without a college education, you can promote yourself into success and earn the money you need to earn. Years ago, my husband started working at a Ford Dealership called Rice and Holman as a part-time evening cashier. He had Read more…


Ndamukong Suh gives great advice about how to change what others think of you. When I was in high school, one of my friends thought that football players were physically strong but not smart.  So I watched our football team 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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