When Nannie passes a beloved painted egg on to her granddaughter, the heirloom comes with a responsibility to remember the family's stories. The egg helps the granddaughter recall special times with Nannie like hanging noodle-dough rounds from clotheslines in the kitchen, making lima-bean sandwiches, learning to embroider, and catching lightning bugs. When the granddaughter becomes a grandmother herself, she wonders if it's time to pass on the egg...