reminiscence

rem·i·nis·cence  (rm-nsns)

n.

1. The act or process of recollecting past experiences or events.

2. An experience or event recollected: "Her mind seemed wholly taken up with reminiscences of past gaiety" (Charlotte Brontë).

3. A narration of past experiences. Often used in the plural.

4. An event that brings to mind a similar, former event.

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reminiscence

Noun

1. the act of recalling or narrating past experiences

2. something remembered from the past

3. reminiscences stories about a person's life, often presented in a book

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	reminiscence - a mental impression retained and recalled from the past memory - something that is remembered; "search as he would, the memory was lost"
	2.	reminiscence - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode" recollection, recall remembering, memory - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered; "he can do it from memory"; "he enjoyed remembering his father" mind - recall or remembrance; "it came to mind" reconstructive memory, reconstruction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing abstract features which are then used to construct the memory during recall reproductive memory, reproduction - recall that is hypothesized to work by storing the original stimulus input and reproducing it during recall regurgitation - recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"

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reminiscence

plural noun recollections, memories, reflections, retrospections, reviews, recalls, memoirs, anecdotes, remembrances