When Tshegofatso Mabasa was born, his parents had waited for 10 years to have him which explains why his name carries the Sesotho meaning for 'Blessing'.
Older brother Thabo was the first that his parents had before Tshegofatso arrived in the year 1996.
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Enjoying the priviledge of having parents that could send him to Grey College in Bloemfontein, Mabasa earned provincial colours as a schoolkid before football won him over as he entered his teenage years.
Football took him from Langenhoven Park and Botshabelo to English club Bolton Wanderers' academy in 2012 as part of the benefits that come with being at Grey College.
Bolton formed part of the process that shaped him into the kid who would be in the gym at five in the morning before starting his classes at seven.
Then after school, Mabasa would then train with the rest of his schoolmates.
With the start of November, it means the 27-year-old is now within months of sealing a decade since Ernst Middendorp gave him his break at Bloemfontein Celtic.
Middendorp scouted Mabasa during a schools' tournament when the German was still at Celtic.
It was the veteran coach who also gave Mabasa his debut in October 2014 bringing him on as a substitute against AmaZulu in a Telkom Knockout match.
With Middendorp out of Celtic two months later and Mabasa still a schoolboy at the time, his only other opportunity came seven months later against Free State Stars towards the end of the 2014/15 season.
The next season it was one appearance which then grew to 13 for the 2016/17 campaign with no goal to his game despite banging a dozen in the Multichoice Diski Challenge.
However, the goals that were elusive soon flowed as he struck in consecutive Telkom Knockout games in November 2017.
The next season (2018/19), Mabasa flourished with 10 goals for the season earning himself a move to Orlando Pirates where he scored 18 in three years.
Mabasa was then loaned out to Sekhukhune United last season struggling his way through with two goals before another loan to Moroka Swallows.
The stay with Swallows has turned positive after his reunion with Steve Komphela who worked with him at Celtic before.
The struggles that his mom endured before his birth have been forgotten just like the 37 months that he had to wait to get his first goal after making his debut.
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Six goals in eight league games so far this season is the true definition of what dreams are made of in the DStv Premiership.
The next challenge for Mabasa is turning this streak into a consistent path.