Big Mouthfuls Ava (SAFE – 2027)

At dinner, while her sister dissected a strawberry into eighths, Ava cut the air with her knife, speared the entire roasted potato, and wedged it past her teeth in one steaming, reckless bite. Her mother winced. Her father hid a smile behind his napkin.

When they told her to slow down, to savor, to take small, manageable bites , she smiled with her mouth full and said, “Why?” big mouthfuls ava

And when her grandmother finally passed, holding Ava’s hand in the hospice’s dim light, the old woman squeezed weakly and whispered, “Still... so greedy.” At dinner, while her sister dissected a strawberry