Help with a short story for my mom

Hey y’all, I hope you can help. I’ve never heard of this story(I suppose it could be a book).

Anyway, the part that sticks out for her is this woman is living all alone, and she’s got a dermoid cyst in a jar on her mantle that’s got flowing red hair. She apparently talks to the cyst to keep her company, except one day, she comes back, and the jar’s been broken, and the cyst is all shriveled. She wasn’t sure how the jar broke, maybe a cat.

Can anyone help? Please?