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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Some simple ways you can enable a child to soar like an eagle over life’s storms. You can enable a child to soar like an eagle over life’s storms regardless of your finances. Read to a child Reading to a Read more…


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Resiliency comes from love. Both resiliency and love enable a child to say no to drugs. Every child can say be strong enough to say no to drugs. Even though I grew up in a dysfunctional home, I still said no Read more…


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Having a pet is a great way to reduce stress and improve your emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Do you want to reduce stress? Burn more calories?  Feel happier? Get a pet. Pets provide more than unconditional love. Owning a Read more…


Strategies for teaching your child to use good judgment. We all know that children must learn to use good judgment to be successful. But how do we teach children to do this? Research shows that treating your child kindly from birth Read more…


Give a child success by giving him a dream. My Grandma gave me many tools that have enabled me to soar above the many storms in my life: she gave me a growth mindset (“Success Part One: Think to be Read more…


near a river encouraging words for kids special bj rae bald eagle

You are special. Remember that.     You are special. You may not understand how much you mean to everyone around you. Everyone’s day is happier. Just because you are here.  What you say matters. It touches the hearts of everyone around Read more…


Encouraging you to read achild's 10 commandments on near a river.

A message to all parents from a child. Parents, read this as though your child is speaking to you… My hands are small; please don’t expect perfection when I make a bed, draw a picture, or throw a ball. My Read more…


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Reading with your child is one of the most important things you can do with your child.  The Reading Mother Strickland Gillilan  I had a Mother who read to me Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea, Cutlasses clinched in Read more…


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Always speak kindly. I grew up in a home where people did not speak kindly.  Instead, they yelled and fought constantly. While they fought, I hid in a small cove at the back of my closet with a small tape Read more…


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Have persistence and be successful! One of our two small dogs demonstrates the persistence of an eagle. Like the eagle, he persists for food. We know we should not give our dog table food, but Simba is just too cute. He 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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