Hello, Its been a long time..

Peaceful right?

Well Steph, look at you now. You'll be 28 in a few months. 62 days to be exact. My you've definitely come a long way. 10 years have passed since you wrote this. Remember how excited you were to be turning 18? Wow.. Do you still remember it? I hope it was good as we imagined it to be. Freedom to do whatever you want. No parents to tell you what to do and put restrictions on your life. You really wanted that. How did it all turn out? How is the family? Mum, Dad & Michael? He'll just have turned 21. That sounds pretty crazy. I'm sure he's partying it up & breakin girls hearts if he hasnt got a hold of a girlfriend. Thinking about it now I never would have imagined it. It would seem like only yesterday when he was just 11 years old thinking girls had coodies & remember when he said he'd never drink or party for his 18th? Haha, i can only imagine how much your laughing now at how right you are when you told him he would be. And i do hope mum & dad are well & in good health. You know you love them deep down inside. Do you still speak to Kimberley and Ashleigh? I would love to know how their lives turned out, that is if you guys still managed to maintain contact. Ten years ago you guys would have been friends for 13 years. I expect you all to have celebrated your 23rd year of friendship. Dont ever let them go especially Kimmy. She really is and was one of those "true friends" you hear about. I'd be very upset if you let that fall apart. As for you, well do you remember the plans we made? Your 27. You should have a steady boyfriend or fiancee now. If not, you should damn well be married! HELLO MY HANDSOME HUBBY/BF/FIANCEE! I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH NOW I DO NOT KNOW YOU! I hope you make me very happy cause Steph's 17-turning-18 past self deserves nothing but the best! And say hello to my beautiful children you have or future kids that you plan to have SOON! You dont wanna get too old now that you cant relate to your children and remember if its a girl we decided on Melanie as the name. 2 kids max. I hope you are or will be the best mother you never had! Thats all assuming, you actually have the above. If not, I'm sure we're still looking good at 27/28 and that Mr. Right will be coming your way soon! Don't give up! I won't say much about your career because now we didnt know what we wanted to be back then but where did we end up? How do we make our moolahh? Whatever it is we're successful in it, you're happy and the money is rolling in because if we don't have a house, you should be saving for one! God forbid you're still living with Mum & Dad. SHAME ON YOU! GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE NOW! Lol. Apart from that I don't really have anything for us. I just hope that you/me have made some good choices that led us to the now (future for me) and that you/me are happy. That's all that really matters. Our happiness. Happy 28th Birthday in 62 days! I wish us the best for the future. Don't fuck it up! Haha. Its all up to you now. Love from, the 17-turning-18 year old you.

Epilogue

6 days later

Hey Past Steph! Thank you for sending this so long ago. I can't believe 10 years has passed since then and all the amazing things good and bad that have...

Etim tath nphdeaep in. Esarwn ni reord to l'li oryu tyr qissuoetn. To atwn so !eca!pr cumh r'eshte i.
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A was gyionann dya thwi fooaekcb ltniu ot reemermb nutr wouodtncn woh 18, 1t-00 eth no etcdxei fenrsid i do oru lal i. A se?rca uot hepapn did rindne nlog lilts y,da nfu who ntwe gubncbli eht no n,riesdf sapt we ill & shti atht atth ntihg oyu of fro and tihw tta,h felt ntigh im' sout idd piuessrrd ew do yntlep ot sedipotadpni 'didnt fsuft btu. Onw !su jtsu a nad os oupdr hwti o,nkw w)no as g,hhuto (i in we is gienb grown fnu derisfn tginh of nwei nkow ueitq i 2lo8-atsm27-. I hatt wsa hte on angcdin s,doupim lislt eelvl txen tattonine do ssim. Eilospr rtlea. !rlgi tgo evoms uoy.
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Wno oww y?ilafm. Hsti acef i if ielvebe llitneg you ot em ecaf you saw ulwod otn ot. Yuo eoshu elvi treeh at ,s(ey 2 iltsl rouy he)om si a dol glniiv eayr ni. Ein!ce eroyu' kile oyu drlboaea llo reihet bste yesidn sghnti eey,d eht ntprea tagchine seh rhe haev dda lo,edbn nda of githn ruo sysas ) tahn lal na olok(s eilltt a si bleu oerm. Up esh nda sigthl )nyu(at oyu uoy eess tiat wenehevr esh clasl. L)ase dna elas, ngksia dear hemt esh to to lovse rhe sla(,e uoy ookbs, efznor. It much oyj seh's you so rndoua gsnibr nhereevw. Lyill nspr)oe orhetm atgre lgnsei otpgnspuri lkei fdnireilrg hre pchma her nad won is mih ceaihlm aav dna uses oy,nem a lgnvio lyno si haeftr tecnurr his for ukcy e(th orf a.
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Ear dad dan nad thretego ni umm sllit good hlhtea. Preytt temh hmcu aeht you nda si umm rosiencd loags tlsli aiplhenstori meoryna het iggtsbe ssruirep we dn'to. Cmeso hatt chnage itb dan yuo how oemc lal thme notip dan nito euo'yr wrog fro to rfleysou dad lphe fusalt ehs seh ot nda ehnw a rtetbe to ot nelranig hre uptrspo eiroczneg sracos and her gte nerpso tndseuanrd voye'u sa nitihw a'cnt so sieruntnnagdd uyo a. Seiw si oodg yiafml lfie. . At oe!mr do erfutu ehtm lehp rfutu,e )me mbeya nonihtg olu'dntw auordn fro hoseu xcetpe oyu e'etrsh (liogkon uoy hte.
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Uyo kabc rof ddi elki flee namy oyu uoy nrfdsei ni eyiilnedtf scoel idse,nrf ehav dtno' hghi osolch as as as. Tlquiya rove qntiayut. Eratnrp the astoc kymim euhso ugtbho ogld eyecntrl her modev a twih nad ot. Ubrssub ovre sema the yuo wef herwe nad a reh idd tub omrf fidernboy lghaeshi onw oyln are. You btu eerw dad onw ewrg adn o'yeur islve all sa oury otn bsrleaanipe up was sa uoy gti,rh lal you noce eahv. You as fderni hre ubt niesge pkee egterr oyu in ont uyo rmeo nloy ctcoatn tlsli eiosrdncs ihealhsg ehs. Ecmeab sienrfd cs!sku up elsroc seelah wthi yuo ginworg. Dan adn uyo l!epca w rlgis ikrsnd how get ouyr ainggm gte her ta how haev ligrs hasbti tshgni.
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Kjae egemass sith to ,wno uory terfa rttlee wehsdo i geaindr. Raesy ckab ew w'tnsa rthgnviyee o!ff he's he oot reays we ew 6( rtsedta imh dan sevrede nda llheo vloe rhfsitgoe dna sasy nu)ej oru eincs rfa ngtdai 5 in oag rome yssa. Ntha in htat ehldpe oyu naeyon has he eorm gwro imte lese. Weve' ot gnmgai lnpsa hwleo utyd fo eoninl hitw het dan bnee orf uelremnob clal nolg wnod ryae hgothur tisdcnea to su we tihs vome e)(m tmei mte. Tawi dohl nephian!pg frtieiedr ervey utb sntmho nrsoarcuvio etgetrho a iyanllf sknath our ew i'ts xcetide 23/ of eimt at giebn 'tcna rturylnce no tdanies tbu selvi and ot ye'ruo to. Ot ohhug,t gamriear inkd of tboh on adn od auotb uyo llet & jkea eht i skid efecn hvae era i. Lofw wr'ee tiwh gigno hte. Ursh no onayerm. Fi it it papsehn napehps,. Saw veah she fo btde we idngwed adn klei emsse !23 a hatn nmetstievn meit evha us tindd' oshue elyntp lilts mmu a ettebr tli a.
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Kwor we semag lsilt eb at. Lohhamo seucre tnpioosi on sa ongl rgaosctn no eyrve ouy 5 ft asm fetar ni csemo us grtihtofn a os aysral aadgnme to eevsrci! a ot reasy. Seel nthgi evah to we dnfi eomr oyu riduesspr olko ambye ofr eht nca mfleys yuo etionucn au)tbo e(hnorat os i htoemgnsi hgotuh nwat emov but gssivan erfta !datul uoy. Gettgni ahtw is & odt'n owkn tawn irleta oyu ltlis mfro ouy ouy efil ot. .
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Uor oelv dna hssinepap menurb noe.
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How rfa fi i rpuod eosm erve twan adn of it uoy vewe' umch ot owh rafrdwo ot how we wee'v who cabk esamk to hmuc isht kolo ,oyu nwko ot veah ,oecm ognrw etetlr 'mi. Rfa ophe royeu' teh wiht oto i not os ndidppasotie toecoum. Hyidbtra ojyen hte ydas ltliet 85 rou twesa dan ign!sth 'odtn in.
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Oelv to rfmo trfueu em, oyu stpa.
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