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

Category Archives: How Can I Heal My Body?

You can become and stay healthy!

These articles in this category teach you how to become healthy and maintain your health. Articles include:

  • how to lose weight,
  • how not to lose weight,
  • and how to prevent illness.

Its purpose is to enable readers to be healthy and overcome life’s storms as an eagle does.

BJ’ s vision is insightful and motivating. Her vision brings you a successful and positive outlook on life. These articles will enable and inspire you to be healthy.

BJ writes to encourage others.  She promised her Grandma before she died that she would continue to spread her Grandma’s message of hope, faith, love, and encouragement. BJ hopes these articles encourage you to stay healthy!

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 overcomes the storms in life.

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Encouragement to treasure every breath you take on on near a river.

Why should you treasure every breath you take? When my mother gave birth to me, I was healthy.  I loved school and never missed a single day.  I had no allergies or any other health problems until I reached the Read more…


Encouragement to cope with your spring allergies on near a river.

Are you suffering from spring allergies like we are? We are in the sunny south instead of our home since it is still too cold there now and the cold affects my husband’s heart disease.  Every morning when we have Read more…


Encouraging you to not overuse your smart phone on near a river.

Is your smart phone making your family dumber? Physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1945) was a genius who helped lay the ground work for the creation of the atomic bomb.  One of his biggest worries was that people would misuse technology in Read more…


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…


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 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 read this funny letter on near a river.

Read this funny letter and have a good laugh! A father passing by his son’s bedroom was  shocked to see the bed was nicely made and everything was picked up. Then, he saw a letter, propped up prominently on the Read more…


Encouraging you to understand this lifestyle advisory on near a river.

I simply have to share this lifestyle advisory with you. Did you know these facts? The things that protect your heart also protect your brain from dementia—exercise, eating well, and avoiding cigarette smoke. Both the brain and the heart need Read more…


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Never underestimate the power of hugging, one of the most effective miracle drugs in the universe! Share the Love So beautiful ❤ Posted by Life Changing Videos on Saturday, July 1, 2017   A hug gives you comfort. It makes Read more…


Encouraging you to enable your family to cope after the storm on near a river.

Here are some behaviors you can expect from your child after the storm. Every child reacts differently. But your child’s age usually determines how he will react and what kind of support he will need after the trauma. Birth to 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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