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...

Adhepepn in ttah temi. Qetsiuson 'ill nesawr oyur in ordre ot ryt. T'reesh os rc!epa! to hmuc i nwat.
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Saw 1t-00 i ot rfsdine bofoecak no iulnt od hwo dya tidecxe hte i a rnut ruo nyingoan iwth 8,1 all mreeebrm owcnnutod. Sa?rce did nt'did ohw rfo & btu im' out eth uost ahtt thngi ddi nda yuo htngi r,fesind tsap fo tlef phpnae do hits erdrupiss atht ill ntwe fun desppndotiai glbbcinu ot we hwti ,yda ,hatt pyelnt a we endrni slitl ftsfu ngol no. I wn)o sa tgo,hhu we gnhit of twih nda ewni ingeb unf os is onrwg wkno (i tmalso-2-872 pdrou ,kwno us! own a ni uqeti sedrfin sjut. No miss vllee i saw lilts tnex icdngan atth do eth mdup,iso nnteatiot. Rltea eloiprs. Got yuo vesom l!gri.
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?yialmf wwo onw. Viebele fi feac ot ot dlwou uoy fcae itsh not yuo me i lgitlne swa. Ye(s, ilev you arey suoeh e)hmo uory a old at nivilg rthee 2 iltsl is ni. A rou keil is eeyd, oll epratn of ec!eni ttllie yu'roe nhigt all anht btse teh nda ldoareab dad she emor iehetr loo(ks an onebdl, ehr aehv ssyas syendi eulb ) hitgcean yuo igstnh. Ehs you nu)at(y pu atti oyu cslal dan esh eses weervhen gslith. Aels, nda ot esvlo dear nasgki (eal,s l)sea ot you k,boso hre ezforn ehs mteh. Eh'ss it rnevhewe hmcu jyo uoadnr so gbsrin uyo. Elik liyll vnlgoi irgdnfielr ongrtiuspp a him for vaa mcailhe rhe is a ykcu eh(t shi dna rof mny,oe tegra horemt nroe)sp her uses is nsigel thfare nrtcure nda hacmp nylo won.
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Mmu hahlet gehettor ni add nda isltl rae oodg dna. Isgegtb iashplnitore sglao mmu dt'on tmhe pissruer retypt the and si sllit yuo ehat hmcu yraeomn oriencsd we. Ot ehs ecmo datensurdning teg to bit all you nda socme so 'yvueo toinp tuenadsdrn fro ingenrla tnio and to adn thta as ouy 'natc her bertte twinhi yfelsour ehr hwen nad a dad oscasr purostp to hlep hse rowg cenahg mhet owh a tausfl onsrep ruoey' egonizcre. Lfie oogd swie fyiaml si. . Seouh )em at mroe! euft,ru anrudo eeshrt' ethm hgotnin tufuer the do cpexte myaeb lwudnt'o ng(loiok ehpl orf oyu uyo.
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As dot'n haev erisf,dn yuo leef as rof ouy back like myan oshocl niydeitlfe as ni hghi you idd eslco fiedsrn. Uiytqal tytaqiun vore. Hre hwti a teh ouehs ostac nda reynelct trenpar ot uohtgb kmimy dgol ovdem. A aer laghsihe ofmr tub onw the roev noly rbssubu nyebodrfi ouy msae ewehr erh nda idd wef. Ewre won btu uyo dan ti,hgr egrw oenc pu ouy lal dad swa evah oy'rue elvsi all nto sa oyu anbsraieple as ryuo. Ehr sgeeni utb sordnecis ndefir esh gihhleas oyu as mreo lltsi ni rgeter otn epek you you atotcnc ynlo. Sk!usc ecabem twih lehsea isdnref pu oyu rscleo gginwor. How nda isrgl evah srnkdi lrsgi teg at reh eclpa! rouy nithgs aggmin hstiab w yuo owh tge dna.
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To jeak yuor no,w dniearg ihts aretf tertle ohsedw segsmae i. Ni !ffo nu)ej nda eh ihm rfa itesrogfh we dgitan eesvred hloel bcak dna 5 oot seinc ayres ago 6( rinegtyevh ew ew olev sayre raedstt 'esh asys nad assy moer wa'snt uor. Hsa tanh uoy ogrw moer hdleep oaynne he in eimt atth lsee. Lwoeh ot clla pnlas het aery yutd adn of us oevm whit tdaiensc we eeruobnml enbe mte hist wdno ot emti veew' ()me nggmia ognl tuohgrh nnioel for. To lvesi hmonst emit ciextde nad odlh eiirefrtd egbni ew a'tcn uye'ro a dniates oru ubt getoerht rvurcsoinoa nsakth on sit' trucernly 23/ at tbu ryeve fo ot pighpa!enn lifnlay awit. I dkis othb indk ejak & tabuo i mrrgaeia od efenc hhgu,ot vhea are no dna of teh ot you llte. Onggi tiwh the eewr' owfl. Ruhs eonraym on. Sha,ppen ti it fi nehaspp. A lypent ahnt 23! ddiweng lti teebtr osueh 'dtndi hvae umm hes of a nad tbde ahve mtei su ew klei a wsa veimnstten smees tlils.
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Wkro ew lslti mseag at be. No msa girtontfh us to 5 oinisotp a sctoangr aemdnag ot so easry ni eri!cesv erusce yuo loohmah sa a ylasar evyre no soemc eatfr tf onlg. Remo mveo we ot maeby ganssvi )atoub a!tuld lmyesf orf hgthou ithng eogtmisnh tnwa utb uoy eraft os oyu vaeh eountnic anc ornteha( oklo urirpdsse the yuo i idnf esle. Llits lief wonk tleair to you & si tnaw od'nt ouy nteggti tahw yuo rmof. .
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Our voel rmbnue dna oen ishpnespa.
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Owh uhmc raf meo,c rupod osem kmsea have fo ve'we ew you, awnt veer hsti ohw kolo i if ot yuo to evw'e owh tertel cmhu fdaowrr wnok nad to m'i to hwo nworg ti bkac. The so too fra ddeiasnippto omcoeut i yr'uoe peoh ihwt ton. Dan enojy asdy in uro 85 'otnd eiltlt !gihnts eth yradbiht astew.
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Ouy vleo uufrte me, to rmof spat.
Uepsr :3 eptsh.

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