Another "draft"...apparently this was from #redbrickchristmas

"Your grammar is a reflection of your image. Good or bad, you have made an impression. And like all impressions, you are in total control." Jeffrey Gitomer

Here is draft #1 that I found in my list of posts...I am going to post this, exactly as it was left. ...mostly because I don't remember the rest of what I planned to post.
You're welcome.

I guess I made a good impression, because I had this conversation a few times:

"Um..Devery? So, you are funny."

"Thanks :)"

"No, really, like, you really are funny!"

"Thanks?"

"I really didn't know at all, but you are actually funny!"

...At that point I really didn't know what that meant, or how to take it, so I probably just kept painting my masterpiece

"Of course I have a secret identity! Can you see me in this at the, at the supermarket?" -- Helen, The Incredibles

Ok. No guarantees...but I am going to try to come back. Not because I have anything to say that is really worth hearing...and not because there is even anyone out there "hearing"...but because I think it is good. There hasn't been a lot of changes since my mission--I took a little 5 month jaunt...in reverse it has seemed. Alright, maybe that was too dramatic. I wasn't going in reverse  per se, but definitely staying in one spot. As soon as my return from the exotic land of Kansas...let the changes begin! (Which apparently includes going back 5 years to blog writing??)
Naw. Like I said, this isn't really for anyone to read. I mean, obviously, it is ok if people read it-because I am posting it online. It is to document the new post-mission phase! Not the stuck-in-one-place phase, but the starting over-trying new things-becoming a new person (she says...in the least cheesy way possible).
To begin (re-begin?):

Yes. Yes. My opinion of this one?  Still to come. I think that I thought about it a lot more than Pixar originally intended. For a great majority of the movie, I was figuring out how I could use it in speech therapy sessions with children with autism-to help them manage their feelings better. Now, that would be all well and good...if I still worked at the school. I don't. So...unless I suddenly start helping these cute ladies and gentlemen of Orem Rehab with their social skills...I can't really apply much of it... Some day :)

PS: Oh, and part of this "new/old beginning" is to post all of the "blog drafts" I have saved on here...ha.

MMM

So, I thought I would take this chance to welcome everyone back! (And when I say "everyone", I mean the 2 people who read this...if there are even 2 people anymore). 

It would be really hard to sum up 18 months adequately in a blog post...so I will just say this:

I love my Savior Jesus Christ, more than anything in the whole world. I am so grateful that I had the chance to spend 18 months focusing all my time and energy helping other to come to the knowledge of Him. I know my life will never be the same again, and I am so glad-but it wasn't for me. I feel so blessed that Heavenly Father trusted me enough to let me help over the past few months-let me help Him to spread the joy that only comes through the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to His children living in Minnesota. (At least the Hispanic ones!!)