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I cleaned the kitchen shelf with vigor. I dug the cloth into the bowl of water; I wrung it twice and started cleaning. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlS5yLhEGFX
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All of a sudden, I started crying. This Thursday will make it two weeks since my baby girl left the house. I missed her so much. What made it worse was that I 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW1eK6uZAS
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBebCz2dhIg
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If she had been here, sitting down at the kitchen stool she would have stuck her nose in a book. Even if she didn't say a word to me, her presence was enough. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQCsIjQ1ai
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJg6GXMrNd
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpV7rEjglg1
minute!" I assured him.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcZSCPpDHj
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I rinsed my hands in the basin and quickly dabbed it on my apron as I hurried out of the kitchen. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLexgfdZhp
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt42LZlobNl
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmInmMmBVX
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKVzfif9clv
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefHnM6FWMZ
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjFMylQSga
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡShvINyLE8T
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXFoXWV99X
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6T0AW4Qqz3
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"Welcome, sir."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZN1TIf9uY9
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqWOYuu1eS
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I made a move to go.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKczqBBA0H
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBE5LX5L1b
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAE3hFDz4G
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKEGDhitdSq
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJTQkndZUr
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB318Wg83TQ
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsXSzapWsn
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The man smiled and said, "work isn't everything. God gave you that work you have now taken as your first love."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41jQMVwUdf
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"I am sorry, pastor. Things have been hectic. We only manage to attend church services. But hopefully, we would start to attend service fully," he promised.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWekSxSBacI
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Pastor Ndubuisi just nodded. "I believe God is your strength. Start coming to church to feel the lasting impact of God. I haven't seen your daughter for two weeks now. Where is she?" He asked curiously. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmOllCc8IU0
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkZN7Sp3Xy
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"Why?" The pastor exclaimed.
"My husband thought it was for the best since she was getting a bit fuzzy around us," I said to him. Shortly after, I forced a smile. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBFIOvIkvP
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fqFg7M9ax
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmUb1O4Xlk
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡanTB6LPAri
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7x9SGeTrn
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"Before you say a word, listen.” He held up his hand... “Her peers would make a move to her through friendship in school. But more than friends, she needs her parents' love. Taking her to boarding school is a life sentence, because of her condition."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg7U8QvPmh8
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREjhotxvGO
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlubWjoRJtJ
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Pastor Ndubisi smiled softly. "Do you now see the reason to come closer to God's throne? In that school, she would be bullied and therefore her autism won't go but stay."
"You have a point. I and my husband would come to the right decision about this as soon as possible."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcB1yMSqrTt
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"Worldly people can't help her, but Godly people can. Always remember that. Read the epistles more for guidance," the pastor said, rising from his seat. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8fHYhyWQ3
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"Won't you take anything, sir?" I asked in dismay. He smiled at me, took his Bible up, and said, "not at all, thank you. Let's pray."589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EaXgOikdM
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODXXVEiHUR
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"Dear Lord, I thank you for giving this family a second chance to know you more. Let them grow deeper through your word. Give them the wisdom to handle the affairs of their lives." He kept on praying for a while. Eventually, he closed. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGncpBBpoP
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VXxsrsXck
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"We thank God for not leaving us empty in this world. Your little girl will be alright. But know that she needs all the love she can get," he admonished. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gu0s88hYp
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6320q6Ss9L
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When he had gone, my husband held me close to him. I rested my head on his chest. Times like these, it was really amazing that we had been married for 11 years and could still share such intimacy. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL3JGHFbJGI
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"It will be fine. I am sure God will make a way. It isn't over until it's over. What's today's date?" He queried. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbMq4QRHyL
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I almost laughed at the question. Here we were, talking about an important issue and he was asking me today's date. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5WrV1SV9fI
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ123aJxxkkG
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"Just last two weeks Saturday we planned to take Gaby to boarding school and now we are planning to bring her back as a day student," he told me.589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOsPRrTfXZH
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNgaDPiCKbu
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He laughed at my reaction. "I know that's what you've been looking for." He touched the tip of my nose fondly. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM5W5UKlHli
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡisnDUe2bi4
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5cHGtkBnmx
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoWMHfptMV
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"Uhm, on a serious note...he scratched his beard... You need to make out time for services. You don't need all that stress at work anyway. It's my responsibility to make the money. Hopefully, by next month, I wouldn't be working like a maniac, so I can be with you and our apple. I miss her so much," he gushed. 589Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGn41eKmIlG
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
