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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When a successful person dies, how is he or she described? Yesterday a very successful person died at age 92.  She never received a pay check nor did she measure her success by that fact.  Respected by everyone, she was Read more…


Four simple ways to practice patience. Life requires patience.  Patience leads to success.  But how can you develop patience? Here are four strategies for developing patience. Practice emotional survival It is easy to become addicted to expressing anger and frustration Read more…


Encouraging you to understand why patience is important on near a river.

Patience is one attribute of a successful person. Successful people have something in common–patience. We are still waiting for tires we ordered a few weeks ago.  This situation has allowed me  to practice self-control. I continually remind myself that I Read more…


Encouraging you to teach your child by your example on near a river.

Teach your children key principals for success through your example. When I was growing up, my role models—my Sunday School teacher, my grandmother, my neighbor, my teachers in school—set examples for all children around them.  Their examples taught me these Read more…


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Five keys to a healthy marriage. Getting married is romantic. But how can you keep a marriage healthy for life? In 2015, researchers interviewed 700 people married for 40,000 years collectively. Some divorced couples were interviewed also. Here are 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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