The hospital had porcelain white walls, ivory white floors, and alabaster white ceilings, so Amos’ little sister didn’t have to worry about not having a white Christmas. But Amos wanted her to see the snow, at least from her ward’s window. So he wished for it really, really, really hard.

And then it snowed the next day. He eagerly bundled up and rushed out the door, turned back for the gloves he ...