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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWn0kN9h7X7
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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 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0B7cfOl1nI
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaImSGneF0
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc92zII0bNa
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9porh8KqIA
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMorBHD9UC
minute!" I assured him.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmLwrg3kAe
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBKtatGAUb
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6fqFo4jzk
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH76bf4Znms
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieQdbId5Sw
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6WJA8P5KN
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iVZ2EszpC
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4xNg3TZLCR
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBTdzyu6HE
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3ToJknxHo
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"Welcome, sir."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvs2r4xttJZ
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzPKy2Ud9C
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I made a move to go.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzB3c5SymE
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ22wxvk7mWi
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIc0zUrxW0d
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtNkUinI82F
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4P06LpPTuF
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fJpbNplsu
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBWGwLeQCJ
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGycPfpTjAy
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUm2Y9ohaSW
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYJt5kdUO50
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡALky2aLAI1
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wXsEyrLkD
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHQgjb94zi
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt7JSxi5L7V
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjaGvpcq8Z
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTrTbAU2wD
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhVI1HS5mP
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgLpJrVSeBE
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3o0s6S9F5v
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOAKVvltB2c
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQVewc8yCG
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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."669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuqxgJHq46
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuWw4CAFAFe
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzyWZyYLlID
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKlcrv57pf
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGNyrPfedd
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPFppfWTtk
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpRjWHNOIh
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1u2os4Vk3
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7cLthdEk7c
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgEsVcq5TVK
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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.669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDYA8dZyOA
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqYPN7SiRR
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCRrS2nBxe
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwSWMj4ap6
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPoOPx0H5C
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4gdHm1fFq
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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. 669Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TaCTStTxI
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
