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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIv8RSopWyV
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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 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFPw1wyEejA
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8lsiOqaTRU
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTdUDmlosE
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKyZwQIWGT3
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9wTxPC6K1
minute!" I assured him.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSeZzdFVCmc
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWexmifcxR
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzC28sxzFw
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxJE0t2rg6
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVLdSqda2B2
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BHS40yNpb
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeFglbR6iP
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZCrnYTW0V
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwQvRFC23us
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmAHHBAZL1M
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"Welcome, sir."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjbXqfoKXtg
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuDJrDtVvzb
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I made a move to go.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iZYUoCj5a
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQQZhmaAXG
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7t8C4Z4yT
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ40NHfkvZAa
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs269oBOZ9g
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAtUMbr1p0A
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvca6uFjZ6
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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."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDTwMkCiPJu
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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.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxbidny5T2n
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRrx8BvRMfN
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSI8wrVnrJq
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVY9VAiI7n
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQK0cYi1j0Y
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmnrDyPPSW9
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyvMMrK3xgF
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X8DyUmeaQ
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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."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJv9gCNeCzO
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCS2g3oWl3e
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5KpZDvnT3
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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."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkA1IG9FFJn
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRp6quUg85O
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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."621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYQEd7Ak2Q
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOM8gJvny1F
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9rbVnE4xM2
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Bg9IuJUN6
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZpgEDLEhTk
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYDt60z3Oa
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjIrvYZ7be
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNeeUeBmmx
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8oWgpIah6
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYzoUmUzev3
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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.621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWuPR6ML2V
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJolEjf3Hmj
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOA5i3TRkGk
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2NIn5TrZc
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpcymPY066
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7niz0iUqgT
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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. 621Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpT7wQuHHD
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
