If there’s one thing life has taught me, it’s that no career path is ever a straight line.

In my twenties, I had it all mapped out: get married, start a family, work a steady job and build that classic “white picket fence” life. But when life didn’t follow the script, years of infertility and heartbreak later, I found myself at the end of that road with a choice: stay put, or try a different direction.