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 story and some facts about fussing… Yesterday we returned from our winter trip to our home. Naturally, the air was colder than it had been further south. However, we were not expecting the mess around our home. Our backyard Read more…


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Guess what, World?  Here are some things for you to think about! World, you have done things to me that I do not appreciate. At times you have looked down on me.  Sometimes, you have made me feel so different Read more…


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Did you know that simply following your Circadian rhythm will make you healthier and help you maintain a healthy weight? Your circadian rhythm is a 24-hour internal clock that runs in the background of your brain.  It cycles between sleepiness Read more…


Do you understand life?  I do not understand it fully, but I do understand these things… Some days life is too hard, and other days it is quite enjoyable. As I watched the sunrise on a Florida beach the past Read more…


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Everyone needs a “fast pass” now and then to get through life. Here is how to get this valuable item Recently my husband and I went to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.  After we checked in, we walked to Read more…


Even without a college education, you can promote yourself into success and earn the money you need to earn. Years ago, my husband started working at a Ford Dealership called Rice and Holman as a part-time evening cashier. He had Read more…


Ndamukong Suh gives great advice about how to change what others think of you. When I was in high school, one of my friends thought that football players were physically strong but not smart.  So I watched our football team Read more…


Where do your rights stop? Yesterday, we went to Walmart to get a few things we need for our campsite.  People were smoking cigarettes by the doors, so I had to walk past cigarette smoke to enter the store. When Read more…


Are you disappointed with the world around you?  If so, perhaps you could join me as I try to make it better! Are you disappointed with the world?  I am–there is too much anger, hatred, crime, and drug abuse. Although Read more…


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Martin Luther King served both humanity and peace by teaching others how to live with each other. Everyone would agree that Martin Luther King Jr served humanity, as his niece stated this morning on the news. Webster defines humanity as 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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