 Loder wrote her first song at age 16 about a cousin who had died in a traffic accident . She was studying nursing at the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland when she released The Way in August 2009 . Also that year , she won a talent @-@ search contest hosted by YC Newfoundland , a Christian youth conference , and , as part of the award , was given time with music professionals who helped her with Imperfections & Directions , which was released at the 2010 YC Newfoundland . Loder 's nursing studies hampered her ability to showcase Imperfections & Directions by touring . Loder was nominated as Female Artist of the Year at the 2010 MusicNL awards , and then as Gospel Artist of the Year in 2011 . Imperfections & Directions was nominated as Contemporary Christian / Gospel Album of the Year at the 2012 Juno Awards . 
