My cursor hovered over send for hours. Not because I was unsure. But it was the final step, a last nudge that would send the dominoes tumbling irrevocably into the future. I lingered in one conversation and then another, practicing the idea verbally before letting loose the written reality.

Then, in the fifth hour and without another pause for thought, click. The email was on its way.

Please accept this letter as notice of my resignation…