not planned too far in advance

8:30pm and in the Crookes' home while they visit their baby girl in hospital.

She's a miracle of a child, very premature, but remarkable in her resolve to live. Her parents are remarkable.

They spoke this morning at KCC about how close they have become with one another and with God in the last few months, with even more focus in the last few weeks since wee Hannah was born.

The peace they are living with in the face of such uncertainty is quite something.

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The complexity of this glasswork inside the bauble on their tree contrasts with the smoothness of the outside.