What they found inside was beyond comprehension. The young man, whom they had all believed to be tragically lost, lay there with his eyes open, blinking against the sudden flood of light. His chest rose and fell with shallow breaths, and a low groan escaped from his lips—a sound that spoke of confusion and miraculous return.

The room erupted into chaos, a mixture of sobs and cries of disbelief. The widow fell to her knees beside the coffin, clutching her husband’s hand, as the little girl wrapped her arms around her father’s neck, her innocent intuition having altered the course of that somber day in the most unexpected way imaginable.