August 2008

 

FEATURES

26

COVER STORY

DESIGN FOR LIFE

How an unruly kid with ADHD became America's favorite home makeover artist.

BY TY PENNINGTON
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 

32

ANIMALS & HEALING

WHEN MICHAEL MET ROSIE

Hope for her son came on four legs.

BY CLAIRE GUTHRIE
MANASSAS PARK, VIRGINIA

 

50

HEALING FROM ILLNESS

SOLDIER OF THE YEAR

Blinded by a roadside bomb in Iraq, this Army Captain faced his biggest battle after he returned home.

BY SCOTTY SMILEY
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA

 

60

LIVING WITH CANCER

COWGIRL

By 18 she was a Rodeo Queen. At 21 she received a devastating diagnosis. 

BY ASHLEY ANDREWS
BOWMAN, NORTH DAKOTA

 

70

POSITIVE PEOPLE

THE ART OF COMPASSION

A struggling young sculptor on a pilgrimage to India and the encounter that would transform him—and the lives of thousands of others.

BY MICHAEL DAUBE
JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY

 

76

PARENTING

MY GOLD MEDAL GIRL

What this mother learned about raising an Olympic gymnast.

BY TERI JOHNSON
WEST DES MOINES, IOWA

 

82

HEALING FROM ILLNESS

INDY DREAMS

Thought Formula One racing was just for the young? Meet the Indy Grandma.

BY INA KEILLOR
ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA

 

AT OUR BEST

 

18

MAKING MARRIAGE WORK

AN OLDER WOMAN

Only one thing stood between her and her future husband.

BY STEPHANIE THOMPSON
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA

 

39

COMFORT FOOD

RED THUMB

He said tomatoes, she said no way.

BY PEGGY FREZON
RENSSELAER, NEW YORK

 

43

THE HEALTHY COOK

GINGER ALE WITH GRAPE CUBES

The perfect homemade treat for a hot summer's day.

BY REBECCA KATZ
SAN RAFAEL, CALIFORNIA

 

DEPARTMENTS

 

3 EDITOR'S NOTE
8 WHAT'S NEW ON GUIDEPOSTSMAG.COM
11 PASS IT ON
14 THE UP SIDE
22 WHAT PRAYER CAN DO
25  HIS MYSTERIOUS WAYS
45 ABUNDANT TABLE
65 DIVINE TOUCH
87 FAMILY ROOM
91   CONTINUED