The Russell Stover Box by Julia Alvarez

The Russell Stover Box Tia rings a silver bell, and Adela comes out and clears all the plates, and brings dessert, which always includes the Russell Stover box with the painted-on bow. When the box gets around, you have to figure out by eyesight alone which one you think will have the nut inside or caramel or coconut, hoping that you won’t be surprised when you bite in by some squishy center you want …

…The grass is always greener on someone else’s side of the lawn. With each chocolate that we take out, we realize that what we thought was there isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Soon, we are left with nothing but empty space holding promises that never came to be realized. All you’re left with is an empty box. It’s time to put it away and come back home.