{"id":7588,"date":"2018-02-07T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2018-02-08T02:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nearariver.com\/?p=7588"},"modified":"2026-09-10T11:23:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-10T15:23:07","slug":"snowman-near-river-bj-rae-bald-eagle-encouraging-words-for-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/snowman-near-river-bj-rae-bald-eagle-encouraging-words-for-children\/","title":{"rendered":"The Snowman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>The world can even turn a snowman into something bad.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7590 size-medium aligncenter\" title=\"near a river encouragement for kids snowman bj rae bald eagle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowman-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"near a river encouraging words for children snowman bj rae bald eagle\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowman-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowman-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowman-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowman-144x144.jpg 144w, https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/snowman.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>This post is not a criticism of anyone&#8217;s lifestyle.\u00a0 It only expresses the concept that you cannot please the diverse groups of people in this world, regardless of your chosen lifestyle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A US congresswoman lived with her husband, son, and daughter.\u00a0 After a big snowstorm, they all went outside to play in the snow as a family.\u00a0 They made a snowman, just to spend quality time together as a family.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">But everyone around them criticized their creation.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Their feminist neighbor walked by.\u00a0 She was unhappy because the family had not created a snowwoman.<\/li>\n<li>Unhappy about seeing only one snowman as they passed their neighbor&#8217;s yard, a gay couple complained about the lone snowman also.<\/li>\n<li>Some vegan neighbors complained because a carrot&#8211;a vegetable&#8211;was used for the nose.\u00a0 Carrots are vegetables and should be eaten, they grumbled.<\/li>\n<li>Other neighbors complained about their racist congresswoman neighbor because the snowman was white.<\/li>\n<li>Muslim neighbors complained that the snowman wore no headscarf.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>News media showed up and reported the family as suspected terrorists, and a jihadist group claimed responsibility for the family&#8217;s creation.<\/p>\n<p>So the cops visited the family of the congresswoman.\u00a0 They said the broom had to be removed immediately because it could be used as a weapon.\u00a0 They also seized every computer and electronic device in the house, just to verify that no terrorists lived in the home.<\/p>\n<p>Because they knew they couldn&#8217;t please the world, they decided not to worry about what other people thought. They simply ignored what the world had to say about their snowman.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ignore the criticism from others.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Live your life your way as long as you are not hurting others.<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Let the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a>\u00a0in these\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near\u00a0a\u00a0river<\/a>\u00a0posts help you<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">soar like an\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/eagle\" slimstat=\"5\">eagle<\/a>\u00a0above life\u2019s storms.<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">What if President Obama hadn&#8217;t been born?<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you prefer mere words or actions?<\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/past-near-river-bj-rae-eagle-encouraging-words\/\">You can move on from your past!<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Do you want to walk away?<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Enjoy BJ\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/encouraging\" slimstat=\"5\">encouraging words<\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dictionary.cambridge.org\/us\/dictionary\/english\/river\" slimstat=\"5\">near a river<\/a>!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world can even turn a snowman into something bad. This post is not a criticism of anyone&#8217;s lifestyle.\u00a0 It only expresses the concept that you cannot please the diverse groups of people in this world, regardless of your chosen <a href=\"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/snowman-near-river-bj-rae-bald-eagle-encouraging-words-for-children\/\"> Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,133],"tags":[1588,2612,77,1271,1269,1328,1334,1270,1329,1337,1714,1332,1321,974,12,9754,1331,9755,9753,1330,1320,1273,1322,1302,1274,1323,1325,1326,1324,19,1275,1319,1318,716,9410,9552,1327,1336,1335,1268,1333,1439,297,1299],"class_list":["post-7588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-successful-bj-rae","tag-common-core-eagle-reading-book","tag-bald-eagle","tag-bj-rae","tag-books-for-children","tag-books-for-kids","tag-child-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-book","tag-childrens-books","tag-childrens-eagle-reading-book","tag-childrens-reading-book","tag-common-core-book","tag-common-core-reading-book","tag-core-reading-book","tag-criticism","tag-eagle","tag-eagle-book","tag-eagle-book-for-child","tag-eagle-book-for-children","tag-eagle-book-for-kids","tag-eagle-child-book","tag-eagle-children-book","tag-eagle-childrens-book","tag-eagle-core-reading-book","tag-eagle-kid-book","tag-eagle-kids-book","tag-eagle-reading-book","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-child","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-children","tag-eagle-reading-book-for-kids","tag-encouragement","tag-encouraging","tag-encouraging-childrens-book","tag-encouraging-kids-book","tag-encouraging-words","tag-for-children","tag-for-kids","tag-kid-eagle-reading-book","tag-kid-reading-book","tag-kids-book","tag-kids-books","tag-reading-book","tag-snow-man","tag-soar-like-an-eagle","tag-words-of-encouragement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7588"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21296,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7588\/revisions\/21296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bobbiejrae.com\/nearariver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}