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Try googling "The Diary of..." and see what comes up. You'll find several in the public domain. Read a few, but remember that these were written by a select group of people at a time when literacy was not widespread and letter writing was common.
Your "letters" to your mother should be personal, about how you feel concerning your experiences and the people you meet. Because your mother will be reading this, you may find yourself editing out some of the more unpleasant events/thoughts, you may wish her to feel that you're having a great time.
The problem with writing for someone to read as opposed to writing for a private journal is that you can't be truly honest, you have to think of the reader. In a personal journal you would just write what your thoughts/events really were. For your mother you will have to apply the "mother filter". We all do it.
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