He leaves garbled, incoherent messages punctuated by long pauses and throat-clearing on the answering machine. It’s an elderly man with the wrong number. I stand next to the telephone, but I don’t pick up. “He sure is persistent,” I joke to my husband, Brad, the third time the phone rings....

When a friend of mine told me a year ago that she knew a girl I'd love and who reminded her of me, I brushed it off. I love nearly everyone I meet—even people who are annoyingly like me. But Season? When Season added me as a friend on Facebook, I looked at her profile pics and read the comments....

I wouldn't really recommend that we all misuse office supplies (and time!) like this. But I appreciate the sentiment of loving someone with the tools of our everyday work. There is grace and love all around us, and the world can seem like a magical place again when we remember to look in the right way.