On a crisp autumn morning, the air was imbued with a sense of melancholy beauty as the leaves painted the cemetery with shades of amber and gold. Rachel, a pregnant woman in her late twenties, made her routine visit to her husband’s grave, a ritual she had solemnly observed since his untimely passing six months ago. Her heart ached with the weight of loss, yet the new life growing within her offered a glimmer of hope and continuity.