I wish I updated this more often. Allison is talking to Adrianne Curry (Knight) on the phone right now so I have a few minutes to write a few thoughts down. I have to admit that I have gotten caught up in life. Our kids are back in school and I am working at least part time. Aurora is in gymnastics and doing really well in school. I am always amazed at who she is. She is turning into a teenager way too fast. Every father of a daughter can understand that some part of you doesn't want them to grow up. Fallon is still smart and headstrong. It is a dangerous combination if you become disinterested in the subjects at school. This means that she has to have a little extra help after school learining spanish. She is also in Juniors (Girl Scouts) so that she can go on the camping trip and sell cookies. She is very talented at selling. She is also very interested in robots. The official story is that I have started a robot team to help motivate Fallon to get good grades. She has to keep up the grades to stay on the team. Secretly, I am also really excited to coach the team. I have designed and built my share of autonomous machines. I am quite excited to help a younger generation learn what I know. We will be competing in the first lego league (www.firstlegoleague.com/us). I will let you know how it goes, what out team name is and maybe even a picture or the robot. Fallon also has a beautiful singing voice, but she has decided that she is too busy to be in choir this semester. Sophia is a doll. She is the baby, and always will be. She is in Brownies (Girl Scouts), Drama and ice skating. I love taking her ice skating because I have many fond memories of skating with my dad. Also, Allison was a champion at figure roller skating (it was the eighties) and so I can see a lot of Allison in Sophia when she slips around the rink. When it comes to ice skating, I will be on an adult ice hockey team this season. I can't wait, but I am a little nervous because it has been 18 years since I have competed in hockey. I am not worried about skills, it is the physical stamina. Hockey is a real workout! I think if I start running and loose a few pounds, I'll be a.o.k. That is all for now. Joe p.s. My Buckeye football team has gotten a good start for the year. Go Bucks!

Please check out Allison's charities web page (www.allisondubois.com/charities.html). We would like to raise awareness for the charities that we have a connection with. The first charity that we are sponsoring is our godson. As Allison wrote in her first book in the chapter "Baby Boy", our godson was born with undersized kidneys and a distressed bladder. Even now at the age of 5, his kidneys are smaller than a newborn's. His parents are wonderful people who are our good friends. Jim supervises the renovation of condominiums and Stacey watches children to help make ends meet. Their insurance will not cover all the expenses of the transplants and they do not have the means to cover the rest. Our community is coming together to help out, but replacing two kidneys and a bladder is an extensive task. Please consider helping a little boy, as he says, "be like other boys". Joe

I have noticed from some of the comments that some people reading this do not know that there is a television show that was inspired by my wife's life. The television show is called MEDIUM and is shown across the world. Patricia Arquette plays Allison DuBois and Jake Weber plays her husband, Joe DuBois. Joe DuBois is played acurately on the show. He is an aerospace engineer, I am an aerospace engineer. His wife is a medium who works with the DA, so is mine. I think that Jake does a great job, I am loving and a bit intelectually arrogant. I like to think the Joe DuBois on the show is comprised of my best parts. There are areas that I would like to improve in myself that are not shown on the show, like how I can be emotionally cold at times even though I don't want to be. Joe