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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdxGluWQr8
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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 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOlzQEqk8YZ
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFoYngxfOzi
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDLg8WWBgy
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk997zvOtHY
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcYSCn0sUK
minute!" I assured him.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTykQLVtuv
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv5VP9RfFCi
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPPeD9JrO1
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnep7zf5ak
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyxHORYuRl
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCOJTp1sKVl
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhG1oKJkEA
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnTx0k2Seg1
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2Ntf4Jakk
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWqEPpqR4Gp
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"Welcome, sir."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHvxxf5hoq
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjcg2MgVPm
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I made a move to go.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsq2MOpl2im
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgDKDFeuS5
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIGsWXtKv9
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ983exlPRC5
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13REPO7qOy
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINyYm50rpF
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCrEtN9UBi
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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."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSfC6sBZXs
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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.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaqKmG6sCT9
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVenXM54kb
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBg219ptU1I
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKNgioC3FI
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi2td2ynHcA
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZa3Y38jvZ
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuTNtiOJTm
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsoJct3HvaN
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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."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQks6nm5ml
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBe22HJwtU4
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZd7ZQaegD0
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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."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD3qch7ThXU
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLAcbjWUpY
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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."742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNbOubHXMJ5
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7yqqwtPmo0
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBk5G9JLMU
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJhKcQ8TLVW
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpiMgLnS2o
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXNRa0PftT
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGB8LWENtz
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1amA0a1eYp
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GUknR6nsd
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡotfwcWaUot
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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.742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCaf1jW4VD
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8R1GKfc0Mk
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxpK3JdcAzi
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5Uhmfo2IK
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIxknZLrDr9
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAISYQNTm8j
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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. 742Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB38hKKUyd
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
