Write

Don't wait for the perfect words. Just put words down on paper or computer. Later, go back to what you wrote and look at the verbs, adverbs, and adjectives to see if there is repetition. Are they the best ones to describe what is happening? Perhaps, you didn't use any adverbs or adjectives, but just wrote down the bare essentials. Then, it is an opportunity to question what more is needed to make you or others feel the memory.

Don't wait for the opportunity to sit down and write perfectly. Just get the memory written and later work at perfecting what you have to say and save. If it never gets down, perfect or imperfect, it will never be a memoir. Too simple? It's true. We often spend too much time waiting for perfection and memoirs are lost.