We're Making Memories

A memoir is a piece of autobiographical writing, usually shorter than a complete autobiography. The memoir, especially as it is being used in publishing today, often tries to capture certain highlights or meaningful moments in one's past, often including a thought of the meaning of that event at the time of the writing of the memoir. The memoir may be more emotional and concerned with capturing particular scenes, or a series of events, rather than documenting every fact of a person's life. It is more personal than a typical autobiography.
A memory can be anything you remember from a past experience. It is the ability to retain and retrieve information. The definition of memory in my own words is recalling a certain fact, place, smell, scent, or story from the past that obviously has a meaning to you if you recall it. Memory can deal with school work, for example to remember facts for certain classes or tests, or it can refer to more personal matters such as remembering what song was playing when you realized you loved someone.