I could not find what I was looking for; the confectionary
Sugar shaker that My Gramma said that I could have
When she passed on. The story goes:
My Gramma had
Got hers as a wedding gift.
My Nana had the same, exact
Sugar shaker. My Gramma had “promised herself”
That the top would not get dented,
Like Nana’s. But, alas,
The sugar shaker did get dented at the top.
And my Gramma had verbally said that I could have it,
After she had passed on, then, when I had asked, at the age of twelve.
It would have been, technically,
Three generations of a sugar shaker being passed on,
But, alas, it will be none.
©2025Ellen Finn
Nov 21, 2025
Nov 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM UTC
I could not find what I was looking for; the confectionary
Sugar shaker that My Gramma said that I could have
When she passed on. The story goes:
My Gramma had
Got hers as a wedding gift.
My Nana had the same, exact
Sugar shaker. My Gramma had “promised herself”
That the top would not get dented,
Like Nana’s. But, alas,
The sugar shaker did get dented at the top.
And my Gramma had verbally said that I could have it,
After she had passed on, then, when I had asked, at the age of twelve.
It would have been, technically,
Three generations of a sugar shaker being passed on,
But, alas, it will be none.
©2025Ellen Finn
