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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Encouraging you to avoid the flu on near a river.

Smiling DOES enable your body to avoid the flu! It is cold outside.  I woke this morning before 7 am to snow covering our lawn.  Flu season is upon us. Did you know that smiling enables you to avoid the flu? In Read more…


Encouraging you to age wisely on Near a River.

If every person were to age wisely, the world would be a much better place. Each one of us, including every child, gets older every day.  Those of us who have lived over 50 years have probably learned how to Read more…


Encouraging you to have expectations only of yourself on Near a River.

What are your expectations from life?   Tomorrow on Thanksgiving I will not celebrate with loved ones.  Instead, I will travel with my husband and our two dogs all day. We will not have a big Thanksgiving meal but we will Read more…


Encouraging you to understand that everything in your life has a purpose on Near a River.

We all need to trust that everything that happens in our lives has a purpose! Two angels stopped to spend the night in the home of a wealthy family. The family was rude and refused to let the angels stay Read more…


Encouraging you to mend ANY relationship by setting healthy boundaries on Near a River.

Here is the third step to mend ANY relationship. In this series of posts, I am explaining how my Grandma taught me to mend ANY relationship. In step one, you have to forgive him for what he did to upset Read more…


Make sure you can use your New Year’s resolutions to improve your life! Do you live up to your New Year’s resolutions each year? Every New Year’s many people set resolutions they cannot possibly live up to, then they feel Read more…


Do you know you have a miraculous power? Carolyn Isbister knows about the miraculous power within each person. Carolyn Isbister had a womb infection 24 weeks into her pregnancy and gave birth to a very premature baby girl.  The hospital’s Read more…


after the party with hangover near a river encouragement

Have you ever stayed out too late at a party and wished you hadn’t the next day? These animals went to the zoo’s big event, stayed out too late, and wished they had not done that the next day. They 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…


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…

"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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