Every Detour Is the Path

The television producer's voice cut through the studio noise. "You're too emotional for news. We're demoting you."

She stood there, stunned. At nineteen, she had been the youngest news anchor in Nashville television history. Now, barely months later, that distinction felt empty. The very quality that made her connect with viewers—her raw, emotional honesty—had become her professional liability.

The Baltimore move was supposed to be a fresh start. Co-hosting a morning talk show seemed promising. But that too failed within months. Another wrong turn. Another detour from the path everyone expected her to follow.

She wasn't following the prescribed timeline. No college degree. Personal trauma that would have broken most people. A teenage pregnancy that ended in heartbreak. By conventional measures, she was behind. Way behind.