Comments for Shannon Costello http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon Lurking Below the Surface - the writings of Shannon Costello Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:27:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Middle East by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/12/14/middle-east/#comment-22322 tara Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:44:01 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/12/14/middle-east/#comment-22322 Ha! Do kids really still say "Oh snap!"? :) Your comment is so Mom. :) Ha! Do kids really still say “Oh snap!”? :)

Your comment is so Mom. :)

]]> Comment on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/11/29/antoine-de-saint-exupery/#comment-22236 tara Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:16:49 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=376#comment-22236 I remember reading this in French, back in my French days. Funny how it seemed to take on new profundity in a new (to me) language. I liked it in both languages. I remember reading this in French, back in my French days. Funny how it seemed to take on new profundity in a new (to me) language. I liked it in both languages.

]]> Comment on Standing on the Promises… by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/11/20/standing-on-the-promises/#comment-22199 tara Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:12:58 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=374#comment-22199 As usual, it's not about the item we've been agonizing about but what we are supposed to be/getting there/knowing God. As usual, it’s not about the item we’ve been agonizing about but what we are supposed to be/getting there/knowing God.

]]> Comment on Standing on the Promises… by Shannon http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/11/20/standing-on-the-promises/#comment-22196 Shannon Mon, 21 Nov 2011 02:27:59 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=374#comment-22196 I don't mean to imply that I have, uh, arrived. I anticipate more tears over all of this, and I don't know the exact status of that sinkhole...but it seemed important to tell about this part, too. I don’t mean to imply that I have, uh, arrived. I anticipate more tears over all of this, and I don’t know the exact status of that sinkhole…but it seemed important to tell about this part, too.

]]> Comment on Going Postal, again, and again, and… by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/11/17/going-postal-again-and-again-and/#comment-22187 tara Fri, 18 Nov 2011 12:19:36 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=373#comment-22187 Crime ridden Columbia... I dreamed that 1)Jeremy had meticulously cleaned the kitchen floor for me, even moving all the furniture off of it, etc. 2)Jeremy had, in the process, left the back doors wide open all night. I suppose I should ask him never to clean the floors at night without me? Nah. Crime ridden Columbia…

I dreamed that 1)Jeremy had meticulously cleaned the kitchen floor for me, even moving all the furniture off of it, etc. 2)Jeremy had, in the process, left the back doors wide open all night.

I suppose I should ask him never to clean the floors at night without me?

Nah.

]]> Comment on The Week in Review by jess http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/11/06/the-week-in-review/#comment-22152 jess Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:04:16 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=371#comment-22152 hmm...she probably bought the candy at Food Lion! she should have mentioned that. hmm…she probably bought the candy at Food Lion! she should have mentioned that.

]]> Comment on The Week in Review by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/11/06/the-week-in-review/#comment-22150 tara Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:27:23 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=371#comment-22150 I can't believe none of this happened at Food Lion. Just for continuity's sake, next time you feel hysteria coming on you should go get your takeout at Food Lion. I can’t believe none of this happened at Food Lion. Just for continuity’s sake, next time you feel hysteria coming on you should go get your takeout at Food Lion.

]]> Comment on Read a Banned Book by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/10/13/read-a-banned-book/#comment-22065 tara Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:00:22 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=369#comment-22065 All those spaces just make your comment <em>appear</em> longer. All those spaces just make your comment appear longer.

]]> Comment on Read a Banned Book by shannon http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/10/13/read-a-banned-book/#comment-22062 shannon Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:47:02 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=369#comment-22062 We had some autonomy: stop after ____ curse words, for example. And they didn't read that many books of ours. Have you ever considered sharing your "I read books because they were forbidden and I regret it" history with Daniel? You could talk about forbidden things and where that got Eve. I had never heard of Petal Fairies. I-tunes and inane conversations. Sounds like a precursor to trashy YA books. Gossip Girls, for example. Now there's a series that should be censored. So you are saying that there are still some books that get through the cracks. Like, say, books based on the life of Admiral Nelson. About overly-sheltered kids...where do I begin? I guess I worry not about the lure of the forbidden, but the danger of the unknown. Letting a young adult go off to real life with little preparation is a pretty heavy suitcase. And the preparation can't just be intellectual...there's the spiritual, knowing what you believe and why...having a theology of why the forbidden is forbidden is useful (I read some article recently about how fewer and fewer Christian young people are waiting until marriage for sex.) Back to my Jackaroo example, I had missed the problem of the pre-marital sex completely. It seems like it was a good experience overall, though...reading the book, liking it, re-reading it...having that conversation...and I knew why the book was forbidden. I knew about evolution before it came up in school...that seems like a good example of preparing a kid for the real world...and then I had to deal with it myself when it came up in school. And then the weirdos in the community college...the guy that believed you had to be baptized in the name of Jesus...even the stalker guy that stood outside the practice room to listen to me practice and wrote me a note...or watching the girl rip down the poster for the Christian group that was meeting...deal with it at school, talk about it at home, gain experience & wisdom...the world's a hard place. That doesn't mean I don't think home-schooled kids can't get those experiences, by the way. And don't forget that I am heavily biased toward public school...a product of public schools who willingly returned... And I have yet to directly state that it is a relationship with God that will save one from stumbling... There. Teach you to try to out-do my post. We had some autonomy: stop after ____ curse words, for example. And they didn’t read that many books of ours. Have you ever considered sharing your “I read books because they were forbidden and I regret it” history with Daniel? You could talk about forbidden things and where that got Eve.

I had never heard of Petal Fairies. I-tunes and inane conversations. Sounds like a precursor to trashy YA books. Gossip Girls, for example. Now there’s a series that should be censored.

So you are saying that there are still some books that get through the cracks. Like, say, books based on the life of Admiral Nelson.

About overly-sheltered kids…where do I begin?

I guess I worry not about the lure of the forbidden, but the danger of the unknown. Letting a young adult go off to real life with little preparation is a pretty heavy suitcase. And the preparation can’t just be intellectual…there’s the spiritual, knowing what you believe and why…having a theology of why the forbidden is forbidden is useful (I read some article recently about how fewer and fewer Christian young people are waiting until marriage for sex.)

Back to my Jackaroo example, I had missed the problem of the pre-marital sex completely. It seems like it was a good experience overall, though…reading the book, liking it, re-reading it…having that conversation…and I knew why the book was forbidden.

I knew about evolution before it came up in school…that seems like a good example of preparing a kid for the real world…and then I had to deal with it myself when it came up in school.

And then the weirdos in the community college…the guy that believed you had to be baptized in the name of Jesus…even the stalker guy that stood outside the practice room to listen to me practice and wrote me a note…or watching the girl rip down the poster for the Christian group that was meeting…deal with it at school, talk about it at home, gain experience & wisdom…the world’s a hard place.

That doesn’t mean I don’t think home-schooled kids can’t get those experiences, by the way. And don’t forget that I am heavily biased toward public school…a product of public schools who willingly returned…

And I have yet to directly state that it is a relationship with God that will save one from stumbling…

There. Teach you to try to out-do my post.

]]> Comment on Read a Banned Book by tara http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/2011/10/13/read-a-banned-book/#comment-22050 tara Fri, 14 Oct 2011 12:56:21 +0000 http://www.costellofamily.org/shannon/?p=369#comment-22050 hey, my comment is longer than your post. oops. hey, my comment is longer than your post. oops.

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