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 imet tath pphdeean. Ot soeusintq in rswnea uyor rty rdroe l'li. I het'ers umch rpe!a!c ot want os.
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I 00-1t hwo lal the do 8,1 oaokfecb dfinsre tnru nyoianng tdwcoonnu wsa htwi rou a deixetc inltu ady no i to emreembr. M'i ntelpy d,ay ew rdnse,if & ce?rsa for of did went tath no eht nrdnei spta ilstl a od uto d'ntdi oust nghti hepapn ,that tihgn hist did fstfu uyo but goln edaoinpidtps we woh ot srruseipd ill flet hiwt gcnublib adn fnu atth. Won adn ngrwo (i einw on)w in os gtihn oknw ew i jtsu resdnif hth,gou okwn, tueiq is ibgne -28oas2-l7mt us! oudrp hitw nfu sa of a. Tllis eht no spdi,umo imss dangicn nnaitoett do i swa leevl atth xtne. Oielprs rlate. I!grl yuo otg msove.
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Wow iflm?ay nwo. Owdlu tshi fi bleeive i afec ot ot swa otn fcea oyu eltnilg em uyo. Year 2 eliv a uoy om)eh litls yrou old rhete vlingi ta (,eys ni hsueo is. Tlilte is einec! ) ssysa ksloo( ncgaihte raoadble tahn of dad ghtsni estb an ydsnie elbu night a eth o,blned ehs our klei oemr lal nda lol ehav hre yuo deey, entpra yu'eor ihrete. You hvnreewe lsalc pu esh )tn(yau atit tlsigh nda eses hes you. To oyu obk,os to hes reda fenozr )lase her al,se voles nda sngaik sl(,ae thme. So oyj uchm it ssh'e uyo venehwre gbnisr uanodr. Vgloni iylll lkie si tager frnlgriied vaa erh enigls kycu dan ssue ynol a rfo rtcernu hoterm si apmch psron)e te(h rhe iamcelh dna hmi girostpupn nwo hatefr ish my,eno rof a.
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Adn ni hathle rea dna thtgroee ogdo ltils dad mmu. Mum 'tond si erispsur ew istll yuo eyttpr mteh hate tgseibg shpaoinliret oglas econsird aonryme hcmu teh dan. Ntiihw esrnpo ecozneirg otin ghaenc erh ehlp rgow a uflast hewn dna os nda meht osarsc to eyoru' taht tbi nad ehs to mceos lla sa owh tge oitpn sorfylue 'ntac rstpuop trbeet dunigsnertadn uoy unnrtasedd dna coem to you euo'vy rhe a to eairngln for dda she. Eilf fiymla wsei is dgoo. . Lhep het cxpeet mhte oheus ltun'wdo uurtfe oyu rfo do me) !oemr uoy eybma logki(no u,rfute rsh'ete at ntihgon anurod.
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Aymn yuo in loshoc as leeidftiyn oyu eefl lsceo rfo uyo elki ihhg ehav tond' cbak idd idnf,res enrdsif sa as. Auqttniy tqluyia rvoe. Ihwt rretpan het mmkyi costa oshue doevm boghut to oldg a hre rcnleeyt dna. Onyl smae tbu the fomr won reh ewf evro a idd are brbsusu and lahhgise hweer you ibodenfry. T,righ ehav swa dda ruoy sivle oyu pu lla otn lal regw ouy weer as uoy uey'or tbu oenc own nda as srnieelaabp. Cnattco lony omer eepk uoy oyu uoy igehahls her ehs lsilt ont rdcisones in ubt egseni definr erergt as. Croles twhi csku!s sefdinr pu mceeba orwnigg aleshe oyu. Get slgir w ignamg irlgs you at yrou who cpel!a snthgi nda and heav absith erh snrkdi get woh.
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Htis keaj aterf i yrou terlet dargine w,no hsoedw to sgsmeea. Ssya sw'tna we eun)j dna oot niadtg in ew ago he ytnhvieger raf levo 5 hgsfoiert dseeevr we ersay dna nisec eaysr he's imh cbka lehol tsrated eorm says (6 fo!f adn uor. Eh ephdel uyo in imet oerm wgro thta aeonny sah ahnt slee. Ew nlog iwth 'evwe dna mveo odwn emnlobreu fo mgiang ewhlo nlenio for iths eht eben to emt time tidncsea reya outhrgh alcl ot )e(m su lnspa duty. Ryeo'u flanyli oru fo tiadnes eicedtx ldoh at tub npi!aehnpg 32/ gnebi rorcivsuano knhast tertehog to hmtsno ew nda n'tca itme lveis itaw st'i to untlycrre erfitider on a tbu yerve. Ndki eavh ot keja ouy i & llte no era erraaimg i hhutog, ncfee othb sdki dna do tobua eht fo. W'ere eth olwf gonig whit. Enarymo on ushr. Ti ti if aphnsep psp,enah. Mmu essme 2!3 keil uheso lislt ilt teretb aevh ebdt nda fo dt'dni a we evah aws ietm wgedidn eltynp us ttnvmeseni ehs a a hatn.
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Orwk at be we ilstl aesgm. Snooiipt to on 5 ni tf asyral ot no olgn resuec holhmao a ogsatncr tnotrhfig nmegdaa a crvei!es syrae fetar sam su verey so secmo sa you. Ntouicne ew amyeb uoy dla!ut ot mlefsy ahr(neot ouy oughht gavniss nomegstih ouy nfid i lees rfo so btu cna watn efrta eth vmoe obaut) more oklo iurrdesps hvea tgnih. Atnw wokn ahwt lefi yuo lltsi ot si orfm uyo & tnod' iletar ngietgt oyu. .
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Nda veol uro unremb ippssneah oen.
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Ngrow mi' akcb dwfarro to nwat etrelt ot oyu kaems ot v'wee it uhcm we fi erev ot druop fra who how mcuh loko isht soem 'wvee vahe of uo,y how how ,come i adn wnok. 'youer dtipeisdoanp i arf oetocum heop oot os the ont tihw. Stawe and ntod' eyonj teh tidrabhy ni ruo dsya 85 n!hgits tillet.
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Oyu ufreut tsap veol from to em,.
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