April 29, 2008 03:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time 

In May Guideposts: Why Maria Menounos Says Family Comes First, Fame and Fortune Second

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The new May issue of Guideposts magazine features a cover story by TV journalist and NBC correspondent, Maria Menounos, who takes strength from her close family life with her wherever she goes. Maria talks about her tight-knit Greek-American family and being raised in Massachusetts where her family and relatives were so close that they always felt connected to each other. Those feelings proved true again, not long ago, when Maria sensed something worrisome about her father, even though she was in New York City in the back seat of a taxi. After several frantic phone calls, she reached her mother who with a neighbor found her father unconscious due to a diabetic collapse. After her father’s close call, Maria tells Guideposts readers how becoming a spokesperson for the Diabetes Aware program is helping to do something about the disease her family struggles with.

May’s Guideposts continues its uplifting new series about people who are surviving and living with cancer with a story by a young woman who became a new person, a better person after surviving beast cancer. A sworn workaholic, she threw herself into treatment the way she’d thrown herself into her work, but with one difference. Diagnosed at just age 27, she pledged to live a changed life, a very different life as a cancer survivor. Stories that help round out Guideposts May issue include: confessions of a yard sale fanatic; plus tips on how to really find what you’re looking for at those sales; finding a calming respite from the busy world in a Victorian tea house; why giving makeovers to women from a Georgia homeless shelter is one hairdresser’s way of giving back; a rancher alone and in deep trouble as he was being sucked into a drainage pipe; how the movie “Superman” changed a brother and sister’s life; learning to love your spouse’s hobby; there’s even a great recipe for the classic spring dessert strawberry-rhubarb pie; and much more. (To read more about these stories and others in this issue, please visit www.guidepostsmag.com).

“Our readers love a great story and Guideposts stories really connect with readers because the person the story is about - even celebrities like Maria Menounos - actually tell their own true story in their own words,” says Edward Grinnan, Guideposts Editor-in-Chief. Ranked #1 by a major national survey as “favorite magazine” overall for the past 6 years in a row and one of the top 25 magazines in America, Guideposts brings its popular, engaging, and life-changing true stories of hope and inspiration to millions of readers. Guideposts May issue is on sale at major retailers, food & drug chains, bookstores, newsstands, and other magazine outlets nationwide at a cover price of $2.99.

Guideposts’ stories reflect today’s culture, where the desire for a sense of hope and interest in spiritual well being has never been more important. Recognized for over 60 years as “America’s Source for Inspiration,” Guideposts contains articles, from everyday people and celebrities alike, covering topics such as: relationships, health issues, family, self-help, heroism, survival, and rescue. Regular departments and on-going series focus on subject like: Making Marriage Work, Health Breakthroughs, Caregivers, Communities in Action, Positive People, and Pets & Healing.