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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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The Best Gifts

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Encouraging readers to improve the future on near a river.

Use the best gifts as an opportunity to improve your loved one’s future! The best gifts improve your loved one’s future.  With this thought in mind, what can you give your loved ones?  Here are a few ideas. Genetic testing Read more…

How to Play the Game of Life

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Encouraging you to play the game of life well on Near a River.

You can play the game of life successfully! The best players of the game of life are on the bench, the piano bench, that is.  Why? When you play piano, you realize that life and playing piano have much in Read more…

Step Four: Mend ANY Relationship

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Encouraging you to mend ANY relationship with this fourth step on near a river.

What is the fourth step to mend ANY relationship? In the first three posts in this series, you read the first three steps to mending ANY relationship.  First, you must commit to loving the person.  Second, you must give up Read more…

Take Action!

About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), Training for Success June 15, 2020
Encouraging you to take action on Near a River.

Action is very important! What do the words above mean? The entire quote is this,  “A bell is not a bell until you ring it.  A song is not a song until you sing it.  Love in your heart wasn’t Read more…

Investing in Your Own Joy

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Feeling down?  Try investing in giving to feel better! At Christmas, my husband and I give each other joy instead of exchanging Christmas gifts.  We spend whatever money we would have spent on each other on a family in need Read more…

When Life is Frustrating

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Encouraging you to be kind when life is frustrating on Near a River.

How do  you respond when life is frustrating? This week has been very frustrating for my family.  We packed for our five month winter trip with anticipation and excitement. But on our departure day, Thanksgiving Day, we were unable to Read more…

Everything In Life Has a Purpose

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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…

Party Games

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Encouraging you to enjoy party games on Near a River.

Have fun at your next party or gathering with these games. Looking for something different to do the next time you gather with loved ones?  Consider these games, which were popular with Victorian England’s upper class. Shadows (or Shadow Buff) Read more…

Expectations

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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…

Rules for Aging Wisely

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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…

"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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