Dear Mrs. Employment Gap: I’m Rejoining the Workforce

Mrs. Newly Hired-Again
100 Military Spouse Ave. PCS #3
Settle, IN 82020

August 2020

Mrs. Employment Gap
Couch, Blankets, & Loungewear Attire, Inc.
12345 Living Room Crossings
Interim, ME 67890

Dear Mrs. Employment Gap:

Please accept this memo as notice of my resignation. I am no longer able to fulfill my duties as an uprooted professional.

During my time of service, I have gained much needed rest, downtime, and awareness. I’ve had the opportunity to further my skills of both patience and indifference. Thank you for your overall reprieve, which has led me to my greatest level of unaccountability in recent months.

While I appreciate this learning experience, I am happy to inform you that I must be moving on. At present, I have the wonderful opportunity of rejoining the workforce and am eager to accept my new daily habits, purpose, and routine.

Thank you for understanding and your well wishes as I remove myself from my position on the couch, effective immediately.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Newly-Hired Again

“You should have seen my face!” I blurted out to my husband as he walked through the door and I ran over to hug him.

As it so happened, I did see my own face. I watched it change and light up because I was on a video chat call when I received the absolutely best email. I was cleared for work and given a start date for my brand-new job.

I thought I was excited when I interviewed for this job, and then again when they offered it to me. If that was excited, this—how I feel now—is ecstatic!

I said I would be the most grateful, and honestly, my gratitude is already pouring out of me because of this opportunity.

Beyond the job itself, which I already happen to think is amazing (and I haven’t even started yet!), I have so many things—big and small—I am now grateful for after receiving this news. I won’t bother you with the unending list, because for real, I’m never going to be done being grateful for this job. It can last a day, a year, or the whole rest of my husband’s Army career—I’m already thankful for this opportunity, however long I may get to hold onto it.

So, instead of a big list of things my gratitude is now tied to, I’ll tell you one thing that mostly sums it all up.

I feel like myself again.

How great is that?

Maybe you know what I mean. However, a really big part of me hopes that you don’t, and that you always feel like your real, true self.

For me though, I’m pretty sure I haven’t felt this much like myself since we moved here. If I’m honest, every single PCS move throws me off my “me” game.

Someday, when I grown-up, I hope I learn to always feel like myself regardless of circumstances. For now, I’m just so very glad my circumstances have changed, and I’m proud to be able to say I’m employed again…

Until the next PCS, of course.