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...

Ephapdne ni atht teim. In qetniuoss wnrase l'li yuor to yrt oderr. !p!aecr este'rh so mchu i watn to.
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Od -t010 tnru no lal ot i ngannoyi wsa hwti i a our rrembeem foakecbo dfrneis teh owh utlin ,18 cxetedi ady ocndutwno. Dnd'ti hatt ndinre a ltlis drisuresp ew utso wten hte uoy hwit blgunicb who od thta ew ihngt ddi nad & lgno atsp no did ot penhap eylnpt ea?crs uto 'mi ofr nuf yda, pstidoniaped of ightn tth,a ill tusff ,nsidref tbu lfte this. Nuf 7motl-a-2s82 kw,on rongw ni juts i tiueq i( bgine wnie nwok s!u now a t,ghhuo si own) nda ntihg rpudo we so sa fo ensfrid whti. Oupi,msd onttaeitn od lelve ssmi no aws etnx i ncgaidn htta eth lislt. Rtael seioplr. Got oyu mosve r!lgi.
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?mafily own wwo. Leveebi isht fi niletgl eacf me ot ont you ot swa aecf i yuo dolwu. A at 2 oeshu lod yruo (es,y viel you yrae ltlis m)ohe in erhet vinlig is. Ngith !enice oll tlelti a our ahtn het seh lokos( nda an uoyre' gshitn dad eorm is ladboear iysden entpar eye,d eitehr thgiance yuo lal ) vhae lube of bold,en estb reh yssas ilke. Yuo eess higtsl atit nda up seh )uynt(a uoy seh ewrhvene sallc. Obk,os hetm lsvoe ouy to dare to ,lsae esh adn her l)ase (ls,ae isagkn ofrenz. Os ti eevwhern mhcu joy oadrun yuo s'hse rsgibn. Keli her si for liyll hre deirgfrlni ofr a esus dan sih enm,oy vaa cyuk onyl grspoptnui cpmha nilges dna neopsr) nutecrr earthf emilach imh mhreto lvnigo nwo (the si a egart.
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Tllis eahhlt ear in godo rgteehto dna add dna mum. Nd'to dna slitl tpryte yemnrao umm we emth the cuhm etah oyu si pusrersi pteshraiolni logas eirdncso egsbtgi. Unasntnedirgd tib ceom her into sa a ehs nda a a'ntc tnopi geanch rgwo scsaro to mocse yuo add who tnesadnurd oyu nda get tertbe tlfuas to aenirgln eplh syleofur to 'yeuov nda ehs for ot lla nad henw rhe pposurt 'eoruy that hetm orgnziece so epnors inwiht. Odgo si weis yifmla ilfe. . )me otgnhni udo'tnlw shuoe rfo daunor em!ro lehp u,erfut rh'etes mteh do ta uyo aemby eexctp eht okinglo( ouy rutfue.
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Sa idnersf oecsl 'otnd nyam frdsi,en fro netyliedif ddi efel uoy sohloc iekl vahe yuo ghhi as cabk as uyo in. Uityqla quttyina vore. Eth htgbou gdol tarrnep immyk vmode ot a saoct nclereyt houes dan whit rhe. Evor ehilsahg onw efw rea rofm yoln rheew ddi and tub a eth uyo eboynridf msae reh ubrsbsu. Yuo ocne reou'y dad sa asebnaeplri and otn lal all now ryou yuo pu ouy as swa grew aehv eisvl eewr tbu r,thgi. Tlils uoy ni nylo endrfi her as she ouy otn gaiheshl epek enegis btu egerrt csrdsneoi tcoacnt reom you. Up enrsfdi uoy ginrwog usc!ks srelco cbamee tihw sealhe. Ntigsh ep!cla you uyro srgli rnkids agmngi woh nad dan gte itahsb aevh ta w erh get ilrgs owh.
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Etrtle wdehos jaek oyur n,wo i mgeasse ot tearf tish egranid. Cneis 5 dna syaer dnitag eomr eh )unje reevesd in 'esh dsatter oto ew fra mih ssay sysa ew cbka aog fof! uro nda ryeas oirfesthg (6 nda velo we a'ntsw elhlo hrniyteevg. Hlpede wgro yoaenn atth eh anth tmei eles hsa in more uoy. Call ew hitw wehlo for glno to elnion mtie fo nmrlbeoeu eovm gmngia ghruoht bene year su tceiansd ev'we tuyd )m(e ondw ot eht tme shti alspn dan. Ntlerrucy 23/ dteixce ttgeroeh it's on 'atcn identsa verey hlod at tub hstakn ur'eyo slvie lnfylia to oaucsinvrro a dna gpnheni!ap ew snothm uro tbu tiferrdie fo to wait benig ietm. Fceen no kaje of ,huohgt both & nidk to are oyu sikd nad od the etll have amarrgei btoua i i. Het rewe' flow nogig hitw. Rnoayme no sruh. Pe,aphns aepphsn it it fi. Of ettrbe vtnemeitns saw hvae a dna mum iegdndw a uheso nhta su emit keil stlil 32! tnd'id she ahev tebd ew a semse ntleyp itl.
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We asemg orkw eb ta tslil. Msa soctnrga esecru su ohhalmo dgmnaae cosme 5 oitnosip ghottnrif aetrf ot serv!cie ersya a so no sryaal as ft no yerve ouy to goln a ni. Ubt ndfi we aveh to nnecotui toguhh ouy psudesrri olok tihgn tsmoenhig ysemfl eht nsgsiva bemay slee ntwa acn rfo i bau)to ouy faret emor ar(onhte os you evom ltud!a. Si ifel & to'nd uyo wtan to from eigttgn you taleir ahtw wokn uyo tisll. .
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Uor neo nda ovel pihespasn nmrueb.
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Muhc to vhea ot u,oy ti ttelre ot woh tnaw how im' i isht nwok vwee' olok oems woh cakb oyu prdou eve'w ohw we dna if far cmuh fo moe,c masek worng owfdarr rvee to. Oto tno hpeo oemtouc the uer'yo ieatodsipndp afr tiwh so i. Tweas uor 'nodt dyas 85 dna yojne eth hbadtyir elttil nht!sgi ni.
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Morf apts you velo ot fuerut em,.
Resup :3 phest.

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