My first mother finished reading my memoir

My first mother (in my memoir, I call her “Mom Cathy”) sent me an email. She has finished reading my memoir and especially liked the last two chapters. That means a lot to me. She is someone who likes living in the present. I think that is a good philosophy, but it is hard to do when you are writing a memoir. One thing she didn’t like about my memoir was not the memoir itself, but that it caused her to relive parts of her past. Therefore I felt bad asking her to review it, but I wanted her feedback. All of my other parents (my adoptive parents and my biological father) have already passed away, and so I was most concerned about how she felt about the memoir. That is also why I changed her name but not my other parents’ names. Anyway, it is a big relief to me that she is happy with this version. At some point I may start charging for it, but for now it is still available for free. I want it to be free initially so friends and family can review it without having to pay. Mainly I want my fellow adoptees to read it, so I am publicizing it among the adoptee community. Once I have done that and I feel that my fellow adoptees have had a chance to get it free, I might get around to charging for it.