Memoir writing helps us reflect on our lives and remind us of events, people and feelings  and the impact they had on us. 

While an autobiography usually covers the writer’s entire life, a memoir paints a picture of the writer’s life through a collection of stories that may or may not be chronological. 
The memoir may focus more on a person from our life versus our own story. 
Memoirs typically place a greater emphasis on the emotional or interior experience versus a recounting of facts and history.