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In 1977 I was a young mom with 2 small children. I started keeping a journal after my therapist suggested it would help me process my feelings. I got hooked and have been journaling ever since. I write in 9 x 12 blank journals and just started volume 50. It’s been very cathartic for me to write all these years but the big question on my mind is whether to let anyone see them.
Recently my daughter, who’s now a mother with two little girls, asked if I would read my journals and tell her things that I wrote about her. She said it would help her understand her behavior as a mom if she knew how I was when I was raising her.
I’ve started re-reading my first volume and it’s painful to read how unhappy I was back then. So I’m not sure what to do. Has anyone had any experience with reading their mother’s journals or could anyone offer some thoughts on this dilemma?
