Kirk and I keep getting a particular phone call. Actually, Kirk is getting it, because it comes through on an American phone number we have that rings through to his mobile phone here. Because we’re living here, but still have business to conduct in the States, we have an American phone number so that people can phone us without having to dial an international number. Mostly on this phone number, Kirk gets scam phone calls.

There is one phone call that keeps coming in. A recorded female voice says, “I am reaching out to you today because your company …” — and usually by then Kirk has hung up. The voice is loud enough that I can hear it across the room.

The words “reaching out” jump out at me. They make me think about the importance of reaching out — and I think that’s why hearing them from a scam phone call seems wrong.