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It's Mothering Sunday, and I'm here in Basildon maternity unit | 0:00:04 | 0:00:07 | |
in Essex to meet some brand-new mums | 0:00:07 | 0:00:10 | |
and their lovely newborn babies. | 0:00:10 | 0:00:13 | |
Welcome to Songs Of Praise. | 0:00:13 | 0:00:15 | |
In today's programme I meet the mums | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
and midwives bringing new life into the world. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:43 | |
As a Christian, I think it's a calling to do the job I do, | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
and I treat it as more than a job - I treat it as a vocation. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:49 | |
Pam Rhodes talks to the young Christian who's reaching out | 0:00:49 | 0:00:52 | |
to those who find it too painful to go to church on Mothering Sunday. | 0:00:52 | 0:00:56 | |
Those who have struggled to have children or have lost children. | 0:00:56 | 0:01:00 | |
To acknowledge that this day was difficult. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:04 | |
And one mother shares her experience of raising a child | 0:01:04 | 0:01:07 | |
with additional needs. | 0:01:07 | 0:01:08 | |
When Barney achieves something, it's just like joy magnified. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
Mothering Sunday always falls on the fourth Sunday in Lent and, | 0:01:20 | 0:01:24 | |
traditionally, it was an occasion for children | 0:01:24 | 0:01:27 | |
working as domestic servants | 0:01:27 | 0:01:28 | |
to have the day off to go home | 0:01:28 | 0:01:30 | |
to their mother church and see their families. | 0:01:30 | 0:01:33 | |
Today, millions of cards and gifts are given to those | 0:01:33 | 0:01:36 | |
women in our lives who have often spent much of their time | 0:01:36 | 0:01:39 | |
putting us first. | 0:01:39 | 0:01:41 | |
This Mothering Sunday is extra special for me | 0:01:43 | 0:01:45 | |
because in just a few weeks, I'm expecting a baby, | 0:01:45 | 0:01:49 | |
and even though this is my second child, I'm still both excited | 0:01:49 | 0:01:53 | |
and nervous, especially given that we're here, at a maternity ward. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:57 | |
But above all I'm thankful, and our first hymn, | 0:01:57 | 0:02:00 | |
written for Mothering Sunday, expresses our thanks to God for our | 0:02:00 | 0:02:04 | |
children, our mothers and all those special relationships in our lives. | 0:02:04 | 0:02:09 | |
Basildon Hospital serves over 400,000 people in Essex, | 0:04:43 | 0:04:48 | |
and this maternity unit delivers over 4,500 babies each year. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:53 | |
I can't wait to meet one of the most recent arrivals. | 0:04:53 | 0:04:58 | |
Hi, Natalie. | 0:04:58 | 0:04:59 | |
Hi, who's this? | 0:04:59 | 0:05:00 | |
This is Aurelia. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:01 | |
Aurelia, what a beautiful name. | 0:05:01 | 0:05:03 | |
And she's less than 12 hours old. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:05 | |
Yeah, she was born this morning at 1:03. | 0:05:05 | 0:05:08 | |
And how do you feel? Is it your first? | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
First, yeah. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:11 | |
So it's just the most... | 0:05:11 | 0:05:12 | |
-You're overwhelmed. -Yeah, just totally overwhelmed. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:14 | |
Completely in love with her. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:17 | |
She's absolutely beautiful. | 0:05:17 | 0:05:18 | |
-Thank you. -And you look amazing considering you've just given birth. | 0:05:18 | 0:05:22 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:05:22 | 0:05:23 | |
Oh, my gosh, you are gorgeous. | 0:05:27 | 0:05:29 | |
Meanwhile, on a neighbouring ward, another baby is on its way. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
We're expecting a little boy, it's our second. | 0:05:33 | 0:05:36 | |
Name's going to be Eddie. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:38 | |
Just wish this labour would hurry up! | 0:05:38 | 0:05:41 | |
I'm excited and nervous all at the same time, | 0:05:41 | 0:05:43 | |
and tired because, obviously, lack of sleep. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:47 | |
There are nearly 200 midwives looking after the women | 0:05:48 | 0:05:52 | |
here in the hospital and in the community. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
Joanne Hoare is one of them. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
It's not just about delivering babies. | 0:05:57 | 0:05:59 | |
Being a midwife is being with women, and that's what it means. | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
So we just walk with them on their journey, in their pregnancy. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:06 | |
As a Christian, I think it's a calling to do the job I do, | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
and I treat it as more than a job - I treat it as a vocation, | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
that I can be there and help those ladies. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:14 | |
I've got twins, so it's been hard but I've done it | 0:06:14 | 0:06:17 | |
and I've had the support of my parents, | 0:06:17 | 0:06:19 | |
who also are avid Christians, | 0:06:19 | 0:06:21 | |
and they've given me amazing role models of parenting that I've | 0:06:21 | 0:06:24 | |
been able to adapt for myself and that I can pass on to my patients. | 0:06:24 | 0:06:27 | |
So I hear that Charlene, your girlfriend, | 0:06:32 | 0:06:34 | |
has just gone into labour. | 0:06:34 | 0:06:35 | |
Yeah, she's going to have a lot of contractions now. And... | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
getting more nervous each time it goes along. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
Well, I'm hoping that she might deliver today in which case | 0:06:42 | 0:06:44 | |
-we'll get, maybe, to see him. -I hope so. | 0:06:44 | 0:06:46 | |
Yeah, really excited. | 0:06:46 | 0:06:48 | |
Fingers crossed everything goes well. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:50 | |
I'll have to wait and see if baby Eddie arrives | 0:06:50 | 0:06:53 | |
in time for me to meet him. | 0:06:53 | 0:06:54 | |
But now a hymn that celebrates all of God's creation, | 0:06:54 | 0:06:57 | |
including family love. | 0:06:57 | 0:06:59 | |
On any maternity ward, amidst the joy there can also be sorrow. | 0:08:37 | 0:08:41 | |
Deborah Olajugbagbe is both a midwife | 0:08:41 | 0:08:44 | |
and a bereavement specialist. | 0:08:44 | 0:08:46 | |
How many babies have you delivered? | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
-I wouldn't have a clue. -You've lost count. -Thousands. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:51 | |
Thousands. | 0:08:51 | 0:08:52 | |
Being on a ward like this is a very happy and joyful place, | 0:08:52 | 0:08:56 | |
but I'm sure that you do experience some difficult days. | 0:08:56 | 0:08:59 | |
How do you deal with that? | 0:08:59 | 0:09:02 | |
Yes, there are difficult times, and... | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
..it's actually my faith that helps me through that. | 0:09:05 | 0:09:10 | |
And I'll try not to cry! | 0:09:10 | 0:09:12 | |
Well, what I believe, where babies go - I believe in an afterlife | 0:09:13 | 0:09:18 | |
and that, you know, they're being cared for and that kind of thing, | 0:09:18 | 0:09:23 | |
no matter what the gestation the woman loses the baby, | 0:09:23 | 0:09:28 | |
and that really helps me. | 0:09:28 | 0:09:29 | |
There's a Scripture in Psalm 139 talking about how God knew us | 0:09:31 | 0:09:36 | |
in the womb, and that just is really encouraging to me, | 0:09:36 | 0:09:40 | |
that we're not forgotten | 0:09:40 | 0:09:42 | |
and those babies are not forgotten, even though they haven't survived. | 0:09:42 | 0:09:49 | |
The best part is, | 0:09:49 | 0:09:52 | |
yeah, when people have had a tough journey | 0:09:52 | 0:09:55 | |
and you see them when there's a really good outcome | 0:09:55 | 0:09:59 | |
and they're really happy, and just to share in that is really special. | 0:09:59 | 0:10:04 | |
But for those who have suffered loss, | 0:10:06 | 0:10:09 | |
Mothering Sunday can be a difficult day. | 0:10:09 | 0:10:12 | |
Pam Rhodes has been to Liverpool to meet one Christian woman | 0:10:12 | 0:10:15 | |
who's set up a service for those who can't face | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
going to church on Mother's Day. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:19 | |
Lizzie Lowrie runs this busy Liverpool cafe | 0:10:22 | 0:10:25 | |
as part of a church outreach project. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
-Are you Lizzie? -Yes, I am. -I'm very pleased to meet you. | 0:10:27 | 0:10:30 | |
-Nice to meet you. -It smells so lovely. | 0:10:30 | 0:10:31 | |
Yeah, we've been baking all morning... | 0:10:31 | 0:10:33 | |
But the special service she ran last Mothering Sunday, | 0:10:33 | 0:10:36 | |
here in Liverpool's Anglican Cathedral, | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
had an impact way beyond her community. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:42 | |
It was a really special service. | 0:10:42 | 0:10:44 | |
So, it was called the Mother's Day Runaways service. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
And the service was for anybody who finds Mothering Sunday | 0:10:47 | 0:10:50 | |
difficult, for whatever reason. | 0:10:50 | 0:10:52 | |
If they'd lost their mothers, also those who have struggled to | 0:10:52 | 0:10:56 | |
have children, or have lost children as well. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
So it was to acknowledge that this day was difficult. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:03 | |
This is obviously very close to your heart. Why? | 0:11:03 | 0:11:06 | |
I always kind of believed that my life would kind of move | 0:11:06 | 0:11:10 | |
effortlessly from one stage to the next - that I'd meet someone, | 0:11:10 | 0:11:13 | |
fall in love, get married and have children. | 0:11:13 | 0:11:16 | |
And I've met someone, I fell in love, I got married, | 0:11:16 | 0:11:19 | |
but I still don't have children. | 0:11:19 | 0:11:21 | |
For me, my experience of childlessness has been | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
through miscarriage, and I've had six miscarriages. | 0:11:24 | 0:11:27 | |
And I always wanted to be a mother and that hasn't happened. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:34 | |
What about your feelings towards God? | 0:11:34 | 0:11:37 | |
Did it shake even your belief? | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
It completely changed my faith. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
I think prayer is something, in particular, that is really | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
difficult to... | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
..navigate or wrestle with, when you pray for something | 0:11:48 | 0:11:52 | |
and it doesn't happen. | 0:11:52 | 0:11:54 | |
Then you just think, "What's the point? | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
"Why pray, when we've experienced so much loss?" | 0:11:57 | 0:12:00 | |
But the thing about the Christian faith that | 0:12:00 | 0:12:03 | |
rebuilt my faith in God was | 0:12:03 | 0:12:05 | |
the principle of redemption that is kind of woven throughout Scripture, | 0:12:05 | 0:12:11 | |
that acknowledges pain, | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
but also demonstrates that God can bring good from it. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:18 | |
Is the church sensitive enough to how you and others like you feel? | 0:12:20 | 0:12:25 | |
I think in church we've lost that language, | 0:12:25 | 0:12:27 | |
that vulnerable language of grief and vulnerability and lament. | 0:12:27 | 0:12:32 | |
And so if you're struggling, you can feel very out | 0:12:32 | 0:12:35 | |
of place in church when, actually, it should be the best place to be. | 0:12:35 | 0:12:39 | |
Do you think the news of last year's service has hit a raw nerve? | 0:12:39 | 0:12:43 | |
Yeah, it's been incredible, the response. | 0:12:43 | 0:12:46 | |
We've had so many e-mails from people requesting the service packs. | 0:12:46 | 0:12:50 | |
And the people that came to the service, | 0:12:50 | 0:12:53 | |
it was as though we'd all shared something together. | 0:12:53 | 0:12:56 | |
Thanks to Lizzie sharing her story, | 0:12:56 | 0:12:59 | |
many churches are hosting similar services this Mothering Sunday. | 0:12:59 | 0:13:02 | |
That was Blessed Be Your Name, | 0:16:02 | 0:16:04 | |
a song that praises God in times of celebration and of suffering. | 0:16:04 | 0:16:09 | |
And our next is a hymn for this season of Lent, which reminds us | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
of Jesus' own trials and of his presence with us always. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
Bringing up a brand-new human being is a daunting responsibility, | 0:18:04 | 0:18:08 | |
so it's great to know there's help and support available. | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
Katherine Hill is the UK director of the Christian charity | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
Care For The Family. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
What would you say is the best advice for parents? | 0:18:17 | 0:18:21 | |
Well, do you know, Katherine, I'm a mum of four, | 0:18:21 | 0:18:23 | |
and I remember that first day, the first day we had our son, | 0:18:23 | 0:18:27 | |
just looking at this little bundle and feeling completely overwhelmed. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:31 | |
And at Care For The Family, when we go around the country, | 0:18:31 | 0:18:33 | |
we say when it comes to their own children, there are no experts - | 0:18:33 | 0:18:37 | |
not the people who write the books, | 0:18:37 | 0:18:39 | |
not the people who speak on television. | 0:18:39 | 0:18:41 | |
Parents really need to have confidence - | 0:18:41 | 0:18:43 | |
no-one knows their child like them, no-one loves their child like them. | 0:18:43 | 0:18:47 | |
So there's no one way to be a perfect parent, | 0:18:47 | 0:18:50 | |
but there are hundreds of ways to be a great parent. | 0:18:50 | 0:18:53 | |
Good advice. And when we think about the Christian faith, we think | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
very much of God as the father, but is that all that there is? | 0:18:56 | 0:19:00 | |
It's a wonderful image of God as our father, but there's | 0:19:00 | 0:19:03 | |
so much in the Bible about God as a mother, as a mother to her children. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:09 | |
And it says, you know, | 0:19:09 | 0:19:10 | |
would a mother forget the child that she's borne? | 0:19:10 | 0:19:13 | |
But even if she did forget, | 0:19:13 | 0:19:15 | |
then God says "I will not forget you." | 0:19:15 | 0:19:18 | |
It's that tenderness, that compassion, | 0:19:18 | 0:19:20 | |
the, sort of, heart of God. | 0:19:20 | 0:19:22 | |
There's a lovely story of a farmer walking through his farmyard | 0:19:24 | 0:19:28 | |
after there's been a terrible fire, and he comes across a hen | 0:19:28 | 0:19:33 | |
that has been burned - it's just the charred remains of this bird. | 0:19:33 | 0:19:36 | |
And as he kicks it, there's a bit of a scurry | 0:19:36 | 0:19:39 | |
and these little chicks come out from underneath. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:41 | |
And the hen has protected them from the fire. | 0:19:41 | 0:19:45 | |
And it just reminds me of that beautiful verse where Jesus | 0:19:45 | 0:19:49 | |
looks over Jerusalem and he says, "How would I long to gather | 0:19:49 | 0:19:53 | |
"my children just like a hen that gathers her chicks under her wings." | 0:19:53 | 0:19:57 | |
And it's just that lovely, tender heart of God. | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
I love that. I've never heard that story before. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
I think that, actually, if we look at that mother heart, | 0:20:04 | 0:20:07 | |
this isn't just about those who have natural children, | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
but there is an incredible role that many, many women can play - | 0:20:10 | 0:20:15 | |
humming alongside families and just giving that little bit of wisdom, | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
and giving them support and encouragement. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:21 | |
It's really, really powerful. | 0:20:21 | 0:20:23 | |
# Ave Maria | 0:20:26 | 0:20:40 | |
# Gratia plena | 0:20:41 | 0:20:49 | |
# Dominus tecum | 0:20:49 | 0:20:57 | |
# Benedicta tu | 0:20:57 | 0:21:07 | |
# In mulieribus | 0:21:07 | 0:21:16 | |
# Et benedictus | 0:21:16 | 0:21:24 | |
# Fructus ventris | 0:21:24 | 0:21:32 | |
# Tui Jesus | 0:21:32 | 0:21:38 | |
# Sancta Maria | 0:21:40 | 0:21:47 | |
# Sancta Maria | 0:21:47 | 0:21:55 | |
# Maria | 0:21:55 | 0:21:59 | |
# Ora pro nobis | 0:21:59 | 0:22:07 | |
# Nobis preccatoribus | 0:22:07 | 0:22:15 | |
# Nunc et in hora | 0:22:15 | 0:22:23 | |
# In hora mortis nostrae | 0:22:23 | 0:22:33 | |
# Amen | 0:22:33 | 0:22:40 | |
# Amen. # | 0:22:42 | 0:22:54 | |
The moment you discover your son or daughter has additional needs | 0:22:59 | 0:23:03 | |
is difficult. | 0:23:03 | 0:23:04 | |
Even 25 years on, Pippa still vividly recalls being given | 0:23:04 | 0:23:08 | |
such news about her third child, Barney. | 0:23:08 | 0:23:12 | |
I remember it so clearly. | 0:23:14 | 0:23:16 | |
He was born at home, which was planned. That was great. | 0:23:16 | 0:23:19 | |
I was just holding him, relieved, grateful it was all over. | 0:23:19 | 0:23:24 | |
The midwife said, "I'm just going to use the phone, if I may, | 0:23:24 | 0:23:28 | |
"and ring the GP." | 0:23:28 | 0:23:30 | |
I thought, "OK, fine. | 0:23:30 | 0:23:32 | |
"Perhaps that's what they always do when it's a homebirth." | 0:23:32 | 0:23:35 | |
And she came up about five, ten minutes later, | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
and simply said, straight to me and to Pete, my husband, | 0:23:38 | 0:23:44 | |
"We think your son has Down's syndrome." | 0:23:44 | 0:23:46 | |
My mouth was saying, "Well, | 0:23:51 | 0:23:53 | |
"he's as much a gift from God as our other two children." | 0:23:53 | 0:23:57 | |
And I really meant that. | 0:23:58 | 0:24:00 | |
But, inside, I had gone into... | 0:24:01 | 0:24:05 | |
I can only describe it as being like a bereavement. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
And I just remember, in that room, I felt like I was drowning a bit. | 0:24:10 | 0:24:15 | |
It felt like I was holding on to God - I couldn't, didn't almost feel | 0:24:15 | 0:24:19 | |
him, but I knew he was there, and I was just saying, | 0:24:19 | 0:24:21 | |
"OK, God, help me. I don't want to, you know, | 0:24:21 | 0:24:23 | |
"I don't want to go under, here. | 0:24:23 | 0:24:25 | |
"I want to trust you for this." | 0:24:25 | 0:24:27 | |
But my emotions were...in bits. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:31 | |
I knew that we'd love this baby, | 0:24:33 | 0:24:34 | |
but I just didn't know what the future held for him and for us. | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
It seemed in an instant as if the things that | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
I dreamt of for this child had kind of just disappeared. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
I didn't even know I had those dreams | 0:24:47 | 0:24:49 | |
until I suddenly saw that they went away. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:51 | |
Hello. | 0:24:56 | 0:24:57 | |
I'm Barnabas Martin Ankers. | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
This is my lovely bedroom. | 0:24:59 | 0:25:01 | |
The picture of Barney now is so different from those fears | 0:25:01 | 0:25:05 | |
and imaginations right at the beginning. | 0:25:05 | 0:25:08 | |
He's great. He has lots of interests, | 0:25:08 | 0:25:11 | |
he enjoys talking to people, | 0:25:11 | 0:25:13 | |
he loves food a lot, he loves drumming, he loves performing arts. | 0:25:13 | 0:25:17 | |
So we're doing a summer show - I'm talking about Grease. | 0:25:17 | 0:25:22 | |
There's all sorts of things that he can do that | 0:25:22 | 0:25:24 | |
I would never have imagined, if you'd asked me on that July day. | 0:25:24 | 0:25:28 | |
Going to be... # Greased lightning. # | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
Barney has a strong Christian faith. | 0:25:32 | 0:25:35 | |
That's a thing I like to do in my life - to follow him, to honour him. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:40 | |
It's nice and clean, but I think we're going to need to... | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
-Iron it. -..iron it, yeah. | 0:25:43 | 0:25:45 | |
What's really exciting is that he's going for a job interview tomorrow. | 0:25:45 | 0:25:49 | |
Hopefully, he will be working as from next week, if he gets the job, | 0:25:51 | 0:25:54 | |
on a couple of mornings a week. | 0:25:54 | 0:25:56 | |
I think he can do it. | 0:25:56 | 0:25:58 | |
Are you looking forward to your interview tomorrow? | 0:25:58 | 0:26:01 | |
I think that I am. | 0:26:01 | 0:26:02 | |
You are? That's good. | 0:26:02 | 0:26:04 | |
But, you know what? | 0:26:04 | 0:26:05 | |
You're going to have to get up early on a Monday morning. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:08 | |
Oh, yeah, I do. | 0:26:08 | 0:26:11 | |
Cos I think you might find that a challenge. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:14 | |
Because it's really a big thing, a really big step for me. | 0:26:14 | 0:26:17 | |
It is a big step for you, love. I know it is. | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
Many of the things are similar to having any child - | 0:26:19 | 0:26:23 | |
because there are the frustrations and the pains at time - | 0:26:23 | 0:26:27 | |
but the joys are almost greater. | 0:26:27 | 0:26:29 | |
When Barney achieves something, it's just like... | 0:26:29 | 0:26:33 | |
joy magnified, really. | 0:26:33 | 0:26:35 | |
I think Barney brings a lot of joy into the family | 0:26:35 | 0:26:38 | |
just by being who he is. | 0:26:38 | 0:26:40 | |
And I think that we've learned to appreciate one another, | 0:26:40 | 0:26:45 | |
all of us, actually, | 0:26:45 | 0:26:47 | |
for who we are rather than for what we do or achieve. | 0:26:47 | 0:26:50 | |
So, Songs Of Praise, my favourite song I like to sing - | 0:26:54 | 0:26:57 | |
Beautiful Name It Is. | 0:26:57 | 0:26:59 | |
And we're delighted to say the interview went really well | 0:30:03 | 0:30:06 | |
and Barney got the job. Congratulations! | 0:30:06 | 0:30:09 | |
And, back at Basildon maternity unit, | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
it's time for baby Aurelia to go home. | 0:30:11 | 0:30:14 | |
-Hello! -Hello. -Are you on your way home already? | 0:30:16 | 0:30:18 | |
-Yeah, we're going. -Yeah, we are, yeah. | 0:30:18 | 0:30:19 | |
-Nice to meet you, Dad. -Yeah, nice to meet you too. | 0:30:19 | 0:30:21 | |
-Congratulations. -Thank you very much. -Oh, my gosh, well... | 0:30:21 | 0:30:25 | |
-Don't you forget your Auntie Katherine, OK? -Yeah. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:28 | |
-Oh, I'm so happy for you. -Thanks so much. -Thank you. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:31 | |
-Take care, guys. -You too. Thank you. | 0:30:31 | 0:30:32 | |
Get home safe. Bye-bye. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
Next week, | 0:30:34 | 0:30:35 | |
the Rev Kate Bottley is celebrating spring | 0:30:35 | 0:30:38 | |
on a Christian farm in Derbyshire, | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
where the owners give new opportunities to young people. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:43 | |
And we reflect on the extraordinary life | 0:30:43 | 0:30:45 | |
and legacy of the American evangelist Billy Graham. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:49 | |
But for now, there's just one more person I've got to meet - | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
baby Eddie has arrived safely. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:55 | |
Well, my time here on the maternity ward is nearly done, | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
and it's been such a privilege to meet some of the staff | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
and mums bringing new life into the world. | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
We finish now with a hymn of thanks to the one who, | 0:31:04 | 0:31:07 | |
from our mother's arms, has blessed us on our way. | 0:31:07 | 0:31:11 | |
Until next time, goodbye. | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
And I'd better give this one back to his mum, I think, | 0:31:13 | 0:31:16 | |
even though I don't want to. | 0:31:16 | 0:31:17 |