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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Articles on nearariver.com category include a large and growing list of articles. These posts help all readers with various issues from raising children to reading and from fighting PTSD to improving your life and living happily. Their ultimate purpose is to enable all readers to soar like eagles above life’s storms. Consequently, Bobbie J Rae’s vision is insightful and motivating. It brings you a successful and positive outlook on life. Besides, they propose ways to improve your life and overcome your challenges.

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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Encouraging you to realize that more is not better on near a river.

More is sometimes better, sometimes not! Do you always want more?  Or are you content with what you have? Sometimes more is better, and sometimes it simply isn’t. In our culture, most people are overwhelmed by too much stress, too Read more…


Encouraging you to understand one little word on near a river.

The word “but” is a powerful little word! Do you know what the word “but” means? I took AP English in high school.  My English teacher, Mrs. Green, taught that this little word should be used very sparingly in our Read more…


Encouraging you to make someone's day on near a river.

Make someone else’s day happy every day of your life and you will feel happy also! There was a rich man and a poor man.  The rich man usually only thought of himself while he poor man was different—he had Read more…


Encouraging you to appreciate who you are on near a river.

You are beautiful and valuable for who you are right now! On day, a crow was living happily until he saw a peacock dancing in the forest. The crow felt very jealous.  He wanted to be as beautiful and happy Read more…


Encouraging you to appreciate a love story on near a river.

Begin and end each day with kindness. Before long you will probably write your own love story! “I love you more than you love me”, she says in the morning when she first opens her eyes as they snuggle together Read more…


Encouraging you to let your past go on near a river.

Moving on from your past is a key to success in life! I am a woman who has fallen many times, but I have always gotten back up. Every day I work through my pain.  I move on and do Read more…


Encouraging you to always have hope on near a river.

Here is someone who did not give up on hope in spite of adverse life circumstances. At age 14, his family was evicted from their home. At 16, he weighed 225 pounds and was arrested several times for theft. Soon after Read more…


Encouraging you to enjoy leaf peeping trip on near a river.

Join us on a leaf-peeping trip! Do you like the mountains?  I do!  Mountains make me feel peaceful and relaxed. To me, the mountains are like heaven! Today we went driving to leaf peep in the mountains near our home Read more…


Encouraging you to deal with the small things on near a river.

It is the small things that eventually ruin your life. On the slope of Long’s Peak in Colorado lies the ruin of a giant tree that stood for 400 years. It was a seedling when Columbus landed at San Salvador, Read more…


Encouragement to watch what you say on near a river.

Here is test that will help you watch what you say. In Ancient Greece, Socrates was known for valuing knowledge. One day an acquaintance met Socrates and said, “Do you know what I just heard about your friend? “Hold on 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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