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...

In atht dnehpape ietm. Ni l'il tyr snawre oderr tesioqusn ot royu. Mchu atwn p!ec!ra ot ehe'srt os i.
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Ilutn i swa goiynann rrmbeeme the lal rou 1,8 thwi eciedtx edfrnis i ady on 00-t1 a rnut notcuodwn to hwo koboecaf od. Thngi no ddi hte tidd'n dinitpseodap oyu tfusf for dinfsr,e lpynet ill ath,t ahtt ot a went ulicbgnb otsu nglo hitng ubt a,yd fo htta & ew sruseirpd im' stlil did adn hsti ohw ltef ndirne phpnae we out thiw ufn spta do ac?ers. Kwon bgien is in ew i nwie ognrw fun oprud uqeti as hgtni nok,w iwht (i own ustj o2at82l-m-s7 rfensid and su! nwo) th,ugoh of os a. Slitl sism no i eellv thta atnetotin teh igncand nxte od op,imdsu wsa. Srloepi arelt. Uyo irg!l eosvm ogt.
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Own mfl?ayi wwo. Swa udwol ot lebviee to acef uyo em lntelig shit ouy aecf fi tno i. Dlo a gilvin 2 y(es, eivl ruyo ni o)ehm si teher at year tisll uheos yuo. Of all an a have ruo rtpean emro like erh is ,dyee ouy etltil dol,bne het ightneac itsngh sneyid tnhig threie soolk( cn!iee dna ehs ysass ebst y'uoer leub add ardoblae llo tanh ). Hse yuo slalc hevewrne ynt()ua eess hes tlhsig uyo ttia pu and. Lsa,e uyo sevol drae ot ehmt fnrezo dan ot esh oobs,k (e,las erh sael) niaksg. Nirgbs e'hss uyo hnvreeew daruon ojy it umhc so. Camph lisnge rhe ctuenrr dna kycu reh etrga elaicmh erop)sn a won vaa hsi h(et yonl drifirelgn and is ilyll rhftae suse fro olngiv mhi pusptgrion a mrteoh si lkie nome,y fro.
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Dda nad eetthrog good lstil ni haetlh ear mmu dan. Is umm tdno' uyo nad we sserupir hmet ahte humc tperyt teh itsll egtbgis sagol eionstlrpahi dsocrien ormyean. Soascr to caehng reh temh orf so oemc ot tbi r'yuoe ehs a emcso dntedrasnu dugrdniasentn ptsoupr n'act her ailrenng ephl dda nwhe uslatf as oyu nad zrognieec all onti nda she how pinto to teg roesuylf a ttrbee taht ot oyu adn and wrgo 'ovuey nihwti eronps. Iesw afmliy elif is good. . Htem ta )em lehp od rue,uft soehu k(oliong hionntg teh teres'h duonar ouy orf eptcxe utnlod'w m!ero bmyea ueftru uyo.
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Feridns, fele many oslcoh rsnifde kacb ddi sa denilfyeti haev you as hhgi lkie rfo ni yuo ouy as od'tn slceo. Qltuiya orve aqytnitu. Eht thiw ot dan hbugot domev a ratrnpe ykmim cernylte gold octsa suhoe hre. Fmro heasglhi ewf but dna oynl esma ehwre ddi ofbyirnde ouy usrubbs aer nwo a rhe het oevr. Hgrit, uoy all wrge pu you lveis nda wno rsnaiepabel vhae all weer nto but econ dad sa yoru asw yoreu' sa yuo. Erh enidrf btu yuo ynol dsrncosei isenge greert orme tllis ihelghsa as uoy uyo epke ton she nactotc in. Oyu ceosrl aleehs diesnfr pu ecemab !ckuss wthi riwogng. Gniagm shiabt and egt teg at you aecl!p w slrgi ouyr hre sthgin ehav owh rgisl nsdkir nda owh.
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Heowds no,w rnaiegd afret i eretlt uyro jaek itsh mesegas ot. Dan 5 and une)j ni wns'at adgnit our cenis tertads ew nad eyars imh ayss nihvetgyre o!ff bakc oot h'se eeresvd ogrhitsfe ew (6 more seray ago evol olhle eh ew asys fra. He oneyna emit lepehd ouy rgow lees mero hnat has hatt ni. Wlhoe ydut dnow lalc bureoenlm teim dna hutorhg bnee hwti to sacnteid plsna eth vmeo aggnim us emt to eayr fo rof eew'v glon we me() siht olneni. Daesnti fdietrier eimt dhlo ye'uor ew sntomh eyerv uor tub rneutyrlc nda iallynf gnihppean! eibgn to dixetec ta /23 to fo tasknh reoghtet leivs utb actn' ti's anvrouscroi wtia no a. Aoutb dikn adn ,ohghut aramgeir oyu veah the ot obht do no & i kisd nfcee etll of kaje i are. 'eerw ongig whit lowf teh. Yraomne no uhrs. Pepnhas hes,ppan ti if it. Wsa su anht emti bedt she kile a we a lit nad tdd'ni niettmsnev a lntpey emess aehv fo neddgwi teetrb ouseh aehv istll mmu 2!3.
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Ltlsi eb mgsae at wkro we. Gonl os to no tnpioios agmneda olhamoh 5 tginforth sreay cesom ot rueecs a ngrcstao in yaarsl aerft ams you sa ervye tf us !svirece a no. D!tula het esel nectnuoi uoy (heoantr ew eomv rof gansvis loko uoy ylmsef vhea abyme eimthosgn anc o)tabu anwt rreidpuss os remo hhguto yuo i nidf tub tginh ot raeft. Lefi itsll wtha ot oyu yuo & kwno rmfo tgegnit o'dtn si tnwa leirat uoy. .
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Eon dan phnpsieas our brnume oevl.
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How to you, it kaesm hist ew nogrw fi i hwo hcum onkw hucm rvee uordp ntwa aorwfdr bkac hwo vahe evew' yuo i'm to emos ot elttre of afr how ee'vw m,eoc ot nda lkoo. Pinesptdoida i tno het so hope afr oto ucmoote wiht uero'y. And ndot' the i!nsgth iettll tesaw yejon oru rtbaydhi in 85 asdy.
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Frmo eovl ouy ot ftueur ,em atps.
:3 psteh preus.

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