In 2016, I became a grandmother for the first time. My darling mum and dad didn’t live long enough to meet my children, nor did I ever meet my maternal grandparents, and only one of my paternal ones. I am so thankful that at 62, I am still young enough to relish being a grandma and that my gorgeous granddaughter not only has 4 doting grandparents, but three great-grandmothers as well. That relationship with grandparents is so important to a growing child. Grandparents are a physical embodiment of hygge, as we have already seen in this blog feature. Sarah Dixon shares her grandparents with us in these two recipe poems and a photograph.
How to build a Nanna
Take a lavender smile
laced with floral cachous.
Add Accolade cream,
a dusting of face powder.
Spray the wrists sparingly
with White Linen.
Add natural tights
and an excellent taste in scarves.
Stir in the promise
of banana and sugar sandwiches,
and the gentle threat
of no biscuit at tea-time.
How to build a Pop
Take a smile constructed
from cardboard TVs
Add hair as errant
as waves.
A stilton craving
as veined as thin skin.
The polished scent
of carpet boules.
Then oil with emotion
he will never show.
Sarah Dixon
Angela Topping 
Lovely words – made me feel quite nostalgic.
I love Sarah’s poetry. Thanks for this.