My Mom’s Diary

My Mom was a single mom. She raised me and my brother by herself. She was the office manager at a large wholesale plumbing supply company. She never married any of the guys that came in and out of our lives. She was a rock. Always there for us and while we were not rich we never went without anything that was truly important. Mom passed away suddenly with a heart attack at 59 on April 22nd. I had to settle her affairs and dispose of her personal property as the executor of her estate. I was going through a box of books and papers from the attic last weekend when I came across a tattered old spiral notebook. I opened it and it was in Mom’s handwriting. It was a journal she kept notating events in her life when she was in her early twenties. I started to read the thing and about fell off the chair. My Mom. The woman that watched over us and guided us through life had been a prostitute from the age of 18 until she was 26. She worked in men’s clubs, massage parlors, bars and on the streets. She didn’t detail every encounter but she did document the beatings she received and the vial things men did to her. It was absolutely disgusting and heartbreaking. I wish I could talk to her about this but I can’t. I feel so sorry for what she went through and that she never felt she could share any of this with us. I pray she is happy now and knows I lover her and miss her.

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Ruthy Relationships June 15, 2026 at 6:02 pm 0 0