She was tired of the noise, tired of the rigidity of her days...

One has to start small, as if to trick the programming of life, similar to performing a 301 redirect. It can materialize as little, incremental changes and moves, allowing the energy of the new to take form, until you've had enough of the old and until there is enough energy to perform the final redirect to the new.

This is how she views life. And only when one looks backward, can one see the magic and all the talents that have been revealing themselves and have been honed by experience.

This is it. We are here. X marks the spot. No longer a dream but a reality. And why bother recounting all the dragons she had to fight to be here. There may still be dragons, but now that she is here...