Charoses

While looking for a recipe
To grace the Seder meal,
I came upon a coupon
Which had something to reveal.

It was inside a newsletter
My grandmother had sent;
The intervening years just made
The point more evident.

The coupon’s expiration date
Was April ’85,
The year my youngest child was born
And Grandma was alive.

So many things have taken place
Since I received that letter,
Yet every year I use that recipe
It just tastes better.

For with the apples and the nuts,
The cinnamon and wine,
I add the memories that help
To make this dish all mine.