Follow up to Anywhere But Home

I'm closing in on 20,000 words and I'm starting to doubt that any of it will be of any interest to anyone. This happened last time and somehow I pushed through and continued writing and was ultimately satisfied with the product. Oddly enough, I was just expressing this same doubt to Michele who reminded me that I went through this last time. It must be true that it's a passing phase and that I shouldn't really judge the work until it's complete. Today I documented another milestone with my mother (another closed chapter). Somehow that book keeps getting opened again. Would it be self serving to maintain a relationship with her just so I have more to write? Now I know I've gone crazy.