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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A simple way to be closer to those you care about. Listening is a great way to be closer to those you love.  Listening closely strengthens relationships. Here are four things I do to increase the effectiveness of my listening Read more…


Grandma taught me how to love and how to get others to love me back. My Grandma did not even complete elementary school, but she was very wise about human nature. Although she was poor financially, she was extremely wealthy Read more…


Encouraging you to get feeling better on near a rive

You can help yourself to get feeling better! Not feeling well today? Of course you want to feel better.  Here are some of the best medicines to help you feel better. Hug! Hugging is awesome and incredibly powerful.  It has Read more…


Encouraging you to stop hurting on near a river.

Yes, you can help stop hurting in this world! Budda was walking down the street one day when an angry young man approached him. The angry young man said that Budda should not be teaching others.  Budda asked the angry Read more…


Show others you care.  Always listen lovingly! On a cold winter day my brother William called my Mother.  William was in distress. He needed her to listen to and support him.  When he began speaking in an upset tone of Read more…


My Grandma taught me to celebrate love. All holidays celebrate love. From Valentine’s Day to Christmas, every holiday celebrates love. Valentine’s Day celebrates loving relationships. Mother’s Day and Father’s Day celebrate love for parents. Fourth of July celebrates love for Read more…


Encouraging you to feel better soon on near a river.

A few things that make me feel better I am feeling ill. I feel rotten today.  I have felt rotten for the past few weeks. We have a vehicle that unfortunately requires special tires.  And our tires wore out during 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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