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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 Bear

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Improve My Country? May 1, 2024
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As this true story about the bear explains, there is a way to get what we want. Two days after we moved into our current mountain home, I walked outside the sunroom into the backyard to put out my bird Read more…

A New Disorder

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Heal My Body? May 1, 2024
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Have you heard about the new mental health disorder? Yesterday evening my 3rd grade neighbor Johnny helped me pull weeds in our yard.  I asked him if he had enjoyed the past year in school.  His answer was interesting. Johnny Read more…

Expect the Best!

Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, Violence, Guns, and Drugs June 15, 2020
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We all need to expect the best from our children, our future! When happens when parents expect the best? Their children fall in line, follow rules, and act responsibly. No one knows this better than Brad Howard and his son Read more…

We Are One People!

About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), How Can I Change the World?, The Power of Positive Thinking! March 6, 2020
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My dream for peace is simple, “one people”. Our world and the US are at a breaking point.  In the past two months, three violent tragic events have hurt the US and other violence has hurt the rest of the Read more…

The Answer to Violence!

About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Change the World?, The Power of Positive Thinking! March 6, 2020
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What is the answer to violence in the world? Violence begins in childhood, with the delicate balance of negative and positive factors in a child’s life. As children, we all need positive factors to balance the negatives.  Positive factors include Read more…

Saying No to Drugs

About Love's Power..., Articles On Nearariver.com (Are the Best!), For Parents, How Can I Be Happy?, How Can I Change the World?, How Can I Improve My Country?, Training for Success, Violence, Guns, and Drugs March 6, 2020
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Resiliency comes from love. Both resiliency and love enable a child to say no to drugs. Every child can say be strong enough to say no to drugs. Even though I grew up in a dysfunctional home, I still said no 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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