The Day Someday Arrived

...and she flung herself down upon her favorite rock and cried as the relief and disbelief intertwined within her soul.  Flipping over onto her back, she stared up, past the gnarled leafy branches, at the blue sky beyond.  Sun-kissed butterflies, full of promise, flitted around her head and then skipped happily in her guts. Finally, she was a teacher.