Do you have the time and talent to offer your “handyman” skills? Being a nonprofit enterprise, we keep a tight budget. From time to time, we need help with exhibits or facility tasks that require more mechanical or electrical expertise. Sometimes, we just need an extra hand or advice about vendors or material sources.

If you have experience with electrical, mechanical, plumbing, carpentry or another trade and would be willing to give a little time to keep Sci-Quest running smooth, please contact Robin Soprano at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone at 256-837-0606, ext. 258.

This year marks our 19th year of homeschooling, and I continue to be amazed at how quickly the time passes. Four of our children have graduated from our homeschool now, and we miss having them with us. It helps that we still have our five younger ones here at home, and I'm actually busier than ever these days. Like all homeschool moms, I have moments where I wonder if I'm crazy, and my house is often anything but clean. The usual juggling of the homeschool schedule (ninth grade down to a 3-year-old), combined with keeping in touch with my kids away from home, is an ongoing challenge.

Over the next few years, I want to focus on building stronger relationships with my younger children, encouraging them in their walk with God, giving them a solid academic foundation, helping them continue to love learning new things—and enjoying them a lot.

To accomplish these goals, I need to cut back on some of our outside involvements, and one thing I am "letting go" is this magazine column. For the last two and a half years, I've written about a number of topics. Perhaps various articles interested you, and others did not, but my goal was to cover issues that many homeschooled teens and their parents face at some point during the high school education process.