I wrote a letter to myself 10 years ago. You can go back and read it by clicking here..
Today is the 24th of January 2026 and a lot has changed since then.
In reply to my letter I have actually achieved a lot in the short 10 years since my last letter.
First things first, my kids are now in fact 20 and 16 and still living at home studying and working towards their desired careers. I couldn't fathom them at this age back then but they exceeded my expectations on the type of Young Adults I'd raise. They are two souls in this world I love being around and in which I have loved watching grow.
We still live in the same home together and have done so now for coming up to 20 years.
In my last letter, I wrote of a few goals I set for myself and I am so proud to say that I have succeeded beyond my expectation for myself in these areas.
Getting my license is a big tick! and I have not only owned 1 car, I have actually had 4! My first car was my Kia Grand Carnival in which I needed back then when I was raising 6 kids on my own. After that my Dad and I bought a Silver Mitsubishi Pajero and Dad and I did a few good trips in that car! I still have the number plates as souvenir's. My next car was a $10,000 2022 Ford Focus but she only lasted 2 years so I splashed out the big bucks for the car I have now, my Navy Blue Suzuki S-Cross. I still admire my car every time I see it. In the front yard or in the work parking lot.. I love it!
Career wise, back then I wanted to be a youth worker, and have wanted to be a youth worker since I was 17 year old to show kids with similar upbringing and short comings as me that life is created and that we create our own futures. But I feel that while that was always what I thought I wanted, God opened doors far beyond my expectations. For the past 4 years I have worked within the Aboriginal community in the Chronic Health Sector and really got to see the gaps in the Health System locally and my new goal was to bridge those gaps. I advocated massively for an Aboriginal Health Liaison Officer to sit in the Melton and Bacchus Marsh Communities and just before Christmas, the Western Health Aboriginal Health Unit asked me to be that person. I am two weeks new to the role and am so very proud and grateful for the opportunity to do what I do to support our community. It's a pretty big deal!
I wrote in my last letter about losing 10kgs. Well.. I have lost 16kg in 6 months and am still losing. I have a gym membership and my new role has me getting my steps in daily. I still emotionally eat at times and my eating habits are not perfect all the time, but I am more educated and healthier than I was 6 months ago when I started my weight loss journey. So that a massive tick!
While I didn't go to my high school reunion, I did have dinner and visited with a group of my friends from high school last time I was in Brisbane and it was awesome. Seeing everyone and sharing stories and meeting each others children was the best! I am very thankful to still have these people in my life.
I guess my biggest achievement of my life has been meeting My David. A man whom loves me each and every day, who has been with me through the worst and whom I've shared my biggest milestones with. My David proposed to me and we have plans to get married this year.
Both my Mum and Dad have passed in the last 10 years and both my sister and brother are not in my life at all. There will always be love there but the last 10 years have separated and fractured our relationships. I am grateful for my time and hold the memories we shared even more close, but my life is moving forward without these people by my side. And I think I'm finally at a point in my life where I am okay with that.
And lastly, while my closest friends Zoe and Penny are no longer in my life, I have made new friends. And am absolutely honoured at the fact that my Best Friend Kelvene and her partner Jeff named their daughter Sadie after me! Spending time with them all is rare as we live a distance away from each other, but all the more special when we do!
Going into 2026 my new goals are as follows:
Marry the man I love
Travel overseas
Work at the new Melton Hospital (currently being built)
Help my Kids move out and into a place in which they can call home
And find out where my mothers ashes are and respectfully say goodbye to her once and for all
I will schedule this blog post to be published January 2036 where if David and I get married in September as planned, we would be celebrating 10 years of marriage in September this year! Jie will be 30 and Nevaeh will be 26! Who know's.. We may be planning a wedding if they haven't married already or even have Grand Kids by then.. Crazy to think.. Me a Nanna! Then I will be old!
