The Joys of Memoir Writing

I read the memoir "A Guarantee in Life" by Justin S., you can read it here.

The memoir is great, it starts off by clearly stating to the reader what the memoir is supposed to accomplish in a reflection sort of way. He talks about regrets and how everything that those horrible things that happened made you who you are today. He had me right away because that's the sort of mindset I have towards bad things that happen. I think a lot about not having regrets because I have those regretful things to thank for me being who I am, and I can't imagine not existing...because I quite enjoy my existence. Justin (Yeah, we're on a first name basis) did a great job of using imagery and his detailing was just enough to put me right in his shoes. I could feel what he was talking about. When his five year old self got out of the bath tub and put on his pajamas I could feel the way itchy little kid pajamas feel on a freshly bathed body. He was able to tap into my memories to feel his memories. I felt that he could have supplemented his writing with a bit more reflection from his current self back to the memory he is telling. He did a lot of reflection in the beginning and the end but not really  any mixed in. That being said, the reflection that he did put in at the beginning and end was really good and perfectly complimented the story. At the end he talks about his feelings now that he looks back on it and how much he's changed and grown because of his father not being there for him. We also learn that his father becomes a part of his life (however minor that part may be) based on the reflection at the end. The father is expressing regret that he couldn't  have been there for Justin's childhood, tying back perfectly to the beginning of the memoir.