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In this segment, I would like to introduce a commentary from a reader who happens to be a Hospice Chaplain, Dr. Steve Butler.   In dealing with death, dying and grief on a regular basis, Dr. Butler knows the importance of a human emotion we call hope.  He is an encourager to the discouraged. He is a comforter to those in mourning. 

Butler knows the meaning of loss, in all its many forms.  He connects to Making Sweet Lemonade, because those who experience loss must also learn the art of adaptation. 

The stories in Making Sweet Lemonade are a medley of adaptations, from touching death, to the author’s (my) own near death experiences.  I invite you read Dr. Butler’s commentary:

Dr. Butler’s Article:

“When life brings you lemons, make lemonade” is a saying that has been around for a few generations now. And the question of“How to do that?” is often the topic of books and lectures. Usually the answers take the form of either a pre-packaged mix in which the reader takes their experiences and adds in the author’s package – and ‘presto’ – lemonade. The alternative is to provide a recipe gleaned from the experience of the author, but inviting the reader to adapt, modify to taste, and make personal the recipe to fit the unique lemons, that is the experiences of the reader into their very own lemonade. Happily, “Making Sweet Lemonade” falls into the latter category.

Ms. Schulz bravely shares the “lemons” of her life with us, as well as the constant adaptations of her recipe. As a clergy person, I am grateful that she sees the grace of God as one of her fundamental and unchanging ingredients. “Making Sweet Lemonade” is ultimately a book about life; complex, full of hurt, yet full of hope, God-given life. The book is a treasure which, along with the author, I hold dear.”                —– Dr. Steve Butler 

Caldwell Hospice & Palliative Care         

Dr. Butler’s newest book  WE DO REMEMBER YOU is now available @ www.alexandrasrose.net

See more original articles written by Pat J. Schulz at http://familyempowermentmodel.brighterplanet.org/

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“We must be careful to protect those fragile places, and fill them with all good things.”  Above all else guard thy heart, for out of it are the issues of life.  Proverbs 4:23  (Excerpt from Making Sweet Lemonade)
 
Making Sweet Lemonade, describes what is seemingly a play itself, but one set in reality.  We journey though a series of voids cast upon a toddler, a little girl, who grew into an adolescent and then an adult.  Separation in various forms create voids, particularly in developing children, and sometimes into adulthood these holes remain open.  My memoir reflects an individual who adjusted and adapted, but how well did she fill the voids? 
 
How well do you fill the voids?  Do you know where the voids are?  Is God your source, or are you seeking completeness in temporary satisfaction???  It’s time to go within, and find your recipe for ”Sweet Lemonade”.

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The following interview - previously scheduled for June 7, 2009 has be rescheduled for June 13, 2009 at 11pm.  Pat J. Shulz did make a brief appearance on the June 7th show to give a brief introduction into the Saturday show.  You can listen to the June 7 show by accessing the following link)  BKS1-Radio interviewed the Robert Greene - author of “The 48 Laws of Power”. 

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/BKS1-RADIO

“Coming through the Fire yet Not Consumed”.