Sorry for any incoveniences. A memoir isn't exacly as journal, and a journal isn't exactly a memoir. They examine how the attitudes, actions, and emotions they experience in their present lives connect and stem from past experiences. Childhood can be bliss.
Childhood can be hell.
Some people are running from the past. Some people are living in the past. What these journalers understand is that the exploration of the past can be a valuable tool in really understanding the present and moving into the future. Memoir Journals is a webring designed to link online journals which deal with memory, childhood, and connections of the journalers' current experiences to their pasts. While their journals aren't only about their pasts or childhoods, they do, from time to time, reference the past to gain clearer insight to their present experiences.