Dorp/Stad waar jy woon:

Pretoria

Beroep:

Ek werk as 'n kliëntediensverteenwoordiger, 'n assistent vir vroeë kindersportontwikkeling.

Hoekom skryf jy in vir SARIE Voorbladgesig?:

Ek wou dit in Afrikaans skryf maar ek was vir my laaste twee jaar oorsee op skool so my engels klink beter.

I was born into a beautifully diverse family — the kind where every gathering turns into a storybook of “who’s who.”
For years, explaining it felt like a puzzle I had to solve for everyone else.

I lost my mom when I was 12, and my father was never truly present in my life. But in what could have been emptiness, God placed something extraordinary.

My aunt and uncle became my parents, and his daughters became my sisters. Today, I see them as Mom, Dad, and my sisters . I have been so blessed to have them in my life.

And where my father couldn’t show up, his mother — my grandmother — quietly and faithfully did.
She became a steady presence in my life, filling spaces being a parent.
Her love showed me that sometimes, the people who step in are the ones who shape us the most.

Growing up in my perfectly imperfect home has taught me more than I could have ever imagined.
One of the hardest things I wrestled with was the idea of not having a “real” mom and dad.
I held onto what I thought love was supposed to look like… until someone asked me a simple question:

“What does love mean to you?”

I didn’t have an answer.

And then they said, “Love is a choice.”

That stayed with me. Because just like Jesus chose the cross — not because it was easy or comfortable, but because it was love in its purest form — I began to understand that love isn’t a feeling.
It’s a choice.
It’s showing up. It’s staying. It’s choosing people, over and over again.
When I let go of what I thought love should feel like, I finally saw what had been in front of me all along. I saw a family hand picked by God, not by circumstance, but by purpose.
A family that may not look the way I once imagined — but is fully, deeply, and undeniably mine.
I signed up for this front page to share this story and to show people that love comes in different ways.
Let me ask you this:
What does your family look like?

Jou gunsteling-woord in Afrikaans?:

glimpen

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