Faith Gong
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Faith Gong: A sigh is just a sigh
Our families know us best. The people who live with us, who see us first thing in the morning and last thing in the evening, who have front…
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Faith Gong: The only alpine slide in Vermont
Vermont is a small state, so it’s easy to assume that after living here eight years we would be aware of all the attractions Vermont has to offer…
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Faith Gong: Appliance angst
Our first clue that the appliances were turning against us was when the oven refused to heat up. It happened at the worst possible moment, of course: A…
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Faith Gong: Adventures in Back-to-School Shopping
Our family went back to school the day after Labor Day. The Addison County schools began the week before Labor Day, but since we homeschool I figured: Why…
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Faith Gong: Dispatch from the West Coast
I’m writing this at the dining room table of my brother- and sister-in-law’s home in Orange County, California, on the final day of a weeklong visit with family…
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Faith Gong: Walking the Labyrinth
Were you to ask me what our family has done this summer, my response would be, “Very little.” This summer, my daughters decided they wanted to do nothing.…
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Faith Gong: Of anniversaries and trampolines
The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing also happens to be the 17th anniversary of my marriage. Laying the two events side by side, I’m not…