11/05/2026
15-year-old me would have laughed if you told her this would be her life.
I thought Iโd become a criminal profiler or lawyer one day. I was fascinated by crime, psychology, the way the human mind works. I looked up to people like Micki Pistorius and thought my future would be built around solving darkness.
But God had completely different plans for me.
Life happened. I had to start working after school. A part-time makeup job found me through friends, and slowly, unexpectedly, weddings found me too. One booking became another. One bride became hundreds. What started as a small idea during retrenchment in 2020 โ wanting to launch makeup brushes โ turned into a business creating wedding stationery, signage, guest favours, websites, designsโฆ entire wedding worlds.
And now my weekends are filled with brides instead of crime scenes.
The craziest part is realizing God knew me better than I knew myself.
Because while I still find psychology and crime fascinating, I know now that I would never have survived a career built around heartbreak. I feel too deeply. I cry too easily when families hurt. I carry peopleโs pain with me. And maybe what I once saw as a weaknessโฆ is actually exactly why I was led here.
Instead of witnessing peopleโs worst days, I now get to witness some of their best.
I get to stand in rooms filled with love, prayer, nervous excitement, family, promises, new beginnings.
And that is not something I take lightly.
Sometimes God redirects your life not because Heโs taking something away from you โ but because He knows the kind of heart you have, and where it will flourish best.
Looking back now, I can honestly say:
thank God I didnโt get the life I thought I wanted.
