The former owner of Multnomah Publishers is on a mission to collect “lemonade” stories, a play on the old saying “When life hands you lemons, make lemonade”—or, as Don puts it, “Lemonade happens!” By his definition, lemonade stories are real-life stories about when life takes a sour twist but is followed with a sweet surprise. To borrow the words of Paul Harvey, a lemonade story tells the rest of the story.

You’ve seen the bumper sticker: S#@% Happens! Sometimes something else happens in life: Lemonade Happens! "The Gunshot Wound That Saved My Life" is Don Jacobson's true lemonade story. http://godmakeslemonade.com/ is a story collection website to garner stories for the first book in the series releasing September 2011.

"God Makes Lemonade" is the first book in the series; it is a touching and inspirational read.