During a visit with dad, while he was a patient in an nursing home, the dietician on staff was conversing with dad about snacks. She read a list to him of snacks that were available to him. The list included lots of items like nuts, apples, crackers, protein bars, prunes, raisins, cookies to name a few.

She paused after reading the list, allowed dad a moment to think. Then said “Mr. Evans, what do you think?” Dad answered “cookies are better than prunes.”