Detoured: My Ride Through Cancer with God as Chauffeur

A favorite by hospital book club support groups for breast cancer patients, survivors, and their caregivers. 

"This book dealt with all the fears and worries that I never spoke out loud. But now after reading it, I'm able to not only talk about everything, but know, assuredly, I'm not alone. And I never was." --Dawn Woolford 

Does God really listen to every conversation? Hear every utterance? Know each thought and every wish? How does God bless you through the unspeakable? At what cost is the value of life? These are a few of the questions that Childress grapples with in this poignant, spiritual, and unforgettable memoir.

From her daily marathon of running around the elementary school campus where Terrie Childress served as a reading specialist, to God's reveal of that necessary training, she found herself abruptly braked and ultimately detoured with a surprise cancer diagnosis twenty-two years in the making.

Told with a blend of mystery, drama, humor and suspense, DETOURED - My Ride Through Cancer with God as Chauffeur not only chronicles Childress's breast cancer journey full of 'bumps' and blessings, but shows how God used her everyday walk, struggles, and words to navigate her through the unimaginable turns with Him at the wheel.

From the lone couch, to the diagnosis, inside the arms of her loving husband, through the operating room doors, to the 'dropping of the ball' test results, among the collective gathering of threaded fishing poles lined around a river of six other women survivors, this story will keep anyone who has ever traveled a rocky road, buckled in and steered safely across. Just keep your eyes on that road and watch what God will do!

For, sitting in the passenger seat really is where you learn how to drive.

Terrie Childress is a six-year breast cancer survivor, a freelance editor, a content creator, a retired educator, and a firm believer that some of life's greatest blessings are found in detours! Terrie is the author of A Blade of Grass, A Drop of Water, a chapter book for young readers and aspiring scientists, and "The Solar System--Worlds Around Us!" a poetic story published in Wee Ones Magazine. This is her first book for adults. Terrie lives with her husband and their golden retriever in Virginia. And, like her dog, life is golden!  To find more information about upcoming releases, events, activities, and more, visit and subscribe to her website at terriechildress.com.