This is not an easy page for me to write - but it is an honest one.

For the last issue of 2025, I decided to put myself on the cover. Not because I think I’m special or because I have it all figured out, but because this year tested me in ways I never expected - as a woman, an entrepreneur, a sister, a friend, and a content creator.

2025 was hard. Financially especially.

Not many of you will know this, but it was a year where I had to dig deep - emotionally, mentally, spiritually. There were months where I had to trust that things would work out… and then make sure they did. I joked with friends and said it was like my matric results: “ek het deurgeskuur, maar ek het dit gemaak”. And that’s the truth.

Every single month, I paid my bills. Sometimes with fear in my chest, sometimes with tears, but always with faith. I believed in myself even when it was uncomfortable. I cried. I laughed. I got frustrated. I questioned a lot. And yet - I never gave up.

I am deeply grateful for every opportunity that came my way. For every client who believed in me enough to book advertising space or video content on my platforms. For friends who prayed for me when I was too tired to pray for myself. You carried me more than you know.