When she's not busy twirling on somebody's last nerve, former Miss USA and current Real Housewives of Atlanta star Kenya Moore is putting pen to paper and writing a memoir of her life. The former pageant queen has a way of pushing her fellow castmates' buttons on a regular basis on the show, but in the first released pages of her book, titled Invisible, readers will be able to feel Moore's tangible pain as she discusses her difficult past with her estranged mother.
RHOA viewers have seen Moore struggle with her relationships with her parents for a few seasons now. This season especially, Moore has battled inner demons as she tries to reconcile with her mother and build a relationship with the woman she says abandoned her, and then reconcile with herself that the relationship that she desires will probably never happen. Two episodes ago, Moore even had film crews follow her to knock on her mother's door and demand that she open it, only to have Moore's mother deny her entrance, thus causing Moore to finally come to the realization that it's time to call it quits.
In the book, Moore describes a phone call that took place between she and her mother when she was 4 years old: "I was trembling. I held my breath. I listened. There it was again, the sweet melodic quality of her voice. It was mild and soothing," Kenya wrote. "When she spoke, she did not yell or scream. Instead, she released the words in a steady, easy manner. 'I am not your mother. You can never call me your mother and you can't come over here anymore.' A burning sensation started in the pit of my stomach, rose to my throat and pushed up until it burst out of my dreamy eyes as tears. These same dreamy eyes that always looked up to her in adoration now wept. They wept for the dreams that would never come to fruition. All I remember was that burn and the hot tears on my cheeks."
According to Moore, she started writing down her memories years ago, but she was only now finding the courage to complete the project. The reality star took to Instagram to thank her fans for their support and introduce the first 40 pages of her story. Read those pages here.
A photo posted by Kenya Moore (@thekenyamoore) on Jan 11, 2016 at 5:48am PST
