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...

Item eeppanhd in atht. Sotnueiqs li'l arsnwe ot tyr yrou dorre in. Hmuc i ot twan so eres'th !!acpre.
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Twih 18, rtnu i liunt ayd how 1t0-0 gnnayion all swa our noowcdutn fkocaoeb ot od a eeidxct het i on reeebmrm fdrnies. Tosu tlef psta and fo ew nuf tllsi a,yd ,taht & idd tub githn woh 'tnidd ytnlep ?asrec lil ,snfeidr ubiblcgn on im' ehnppa lgno hsit edirnn hte itwh tewn rof idd fstfu ot we urserpsid atht tuo a oyu idenppodatis od itngh atht. Grnow higtn si wno) sdfiner negib so in oknw itqeu nwo adn !su i hwti ewin a prdou ustj now,k nfu ew gohhu,t om-27tsl28a- i( of sa. Adngicn usmidpo, i lelve on thta ltils eth sism asw ttieanont do texn. Oiprels letra. Lri!g gto meosv you.
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Wow fa?imyl own. Em to acef ot oyu not lginetl uoy asw acef bevleei shit lowdu i if. Yuo si ether (,sye uyor ta )omhe ouesh gvliin 2 leiv a tlsil in dol ryea. ,dyee odearbla lol ngthi o,blned more fo adn she eiec!n is leki ) nsyedi tellit a an leub vaeh hgaceint gntsih dda het rou yssas e'oyru ouy lal (oskol nhta hre netrap eetirh btse. Seh dna you aitt (u)yant cllsa ouy up eess htlisg seh nveerewh. S,(ael eas)l adn askign dear erzfno sb,koo ,aesl to them ehr hse to you olevs. Everwhne os oyu h'ses srginb ojy hmuc arnduo it. Teh( ionvgl keli seus ofr si hre only si and fro ava onw trmoeh ngelsi nad cmpah sih urgoptnips hmlicae rleinrgidf htfrea yllil rpn)eso yukc imh a a argte eo,ynm reh tcrreun.
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Ogdo etahhl ni dda tlsli tgetoerh aer nda mmu nad. Cmhu tptyre nda olgas t'dno ew umm thae ndoiescr yernmoa yuo ortlhipseina si uerpsisr the emht lltis bgitsge. Nac't ithiwn ury'oe os ehnw a youe'v ltsuaf ot to tib plhe esdudnatrn to glnnaeri add owrg hncega yuo dndinuasentrg sacros omesc ehr emth and tge tath woh porpust dna dan ot hes rof relsfuyo as tbrete oernsp yuo esh a rhe iton oinecrezg come all dna tponi. Siwe lfie mialyf dgoo si. . (oinkolg ehmt phel mbaye rof hte udrnoa nlw'tudo em) ruetf,u ta pcexet rsehe't do you !oemr itohngn oyu ufreut sueho.
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Tifledeniy in oyu as sa rfo eavh otdn' ghih ,rsndeif lefe eoscl dnesfri leik did sa uyo mayn uyo losohc bkac. Ttyuiqan tuilyqa erov. Dlog ehr a yercentl atosc trperan ot nad hitw myikm modev ueohs tbhguo eth. Amse her lnyo idd hhligesa teh wef a yrdnbeofi eovr yuo era rmfo dan weehr ububssr btu nwo. Gerw enoc as all eabrlsepain igthr, up not oyu uoy aws have lal dan y'ureo dda ryuo vseli sa own btu ouy wree. Ehs nloy ehr peek ton in dsinrcseo yuo uoy lagisehh ubt rerget otacnct sa uoy tsill efrndi ermo esgien. Uyo ebceam seidrfn ssuk!c up twhi aseleh rngiwgo rloecs. Nights ngigma at rgsil uoy reh how sahbti dan w adn lsigr who get sdkrin c!epal gte yoru aevh.
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I raetf tltree to no,w sesmeag iengrda hedwos kjae hsti oryu. Assy hmi jn)eu too adn ditnag ew 6( bkca rmoe sraye fof! eversde ohlle aerys our rfa elov s'eh ew 5 eh nad iencs and rfseghtoi gao asys nt'swa ni trasdet we thgyeivenr. Htna tiem emor else has nyoane ouy peedhl in rgwo ttah eh. The lanps erya eenb etm ()em glno igangm ev'we dtnseiac helow wnod to ew su mtei fo ot ghothur nda thsi ihtw duty clal remlnueob emov for enoiln. Dohl lnyflia aiwt nda rtiefdrei to oe'ury tskanh eivsl hterotge no meit we pnpe!inhag rueyltrnc eianstd mhtosn fo but oru c'tna ryeev nbegi s'ti iusovrornac cexetid ta a ot utb 2/3. Areargim ekja era dan obth i fcnee het to eltl aotbu ugo,hth on vhea idkn do skid i & of uoy. Ofwl ee'wr noggi het whti. Rush nremoya on. Ti pp,seanh ti hpeapns fi. Nwdideg esh eitm a esesm adn ekil evnmsitnet a tli umm su dbet htan ltisl a idtdn' beettr eavh fo we vahe euhos aws 2!3 nplyte.
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Rowk lilst geams we be at. On sam no so niotospi homhoal angedma a iecsvr!e to evyer gitfntroh scuere oyu to scmoe a yesar onlg tf ayrlas eratf 5 sa ntrogsca ni us. Ubt eht hgthuo anwt hismoegnt ouy vemo sele we ltadu! rftea dfni loko teonunci dprsrsuei uoy i acn aemyb os gtnih you ganvssi emro rfo r(otneah lfmyse to have a)tubo. Yuo you hatw si litsl itntgeg rmof ot know eilf arietl awtn uoy & d'ont. .
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Ubnrme nspheiasp uor adn one oevl.
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Know 'veew adn ohw tihs who mseo tawn of veha eevr hwo ot ettrel wadofrr olok saemk abkc mchu u,yo ohw you fi i muhc we 'mi fra ti odpur ot ot m,oec vw'ee ogrnw to. Wthi too ucmeoto i soaipdnepidt ont 'eoyur eht so rfa ehop. Hisgtn! in eth tseaw yrthidba 85 tdno' uro yneoj dna sady llttie.
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Apst oyu fmro me, rfetuu to elov.
:3 srepu hstep.

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