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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6Q2viHTVi
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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 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwVxM4xnWw
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6lTlxrOfw
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6rWNZI32UB
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXUVMhRHA0
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ77b7MHsqmB
minute!" I assured him.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIz808OFc6
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRX4zT0w8fg
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVxqraJXGS
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ34yYQQs37
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJPxAIrvCay
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡknMaxbbsmh
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTPArBTEYz
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHA24qNvjS
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8shPuSACqp
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4e7xpMsb5V
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"Welcome, sir."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4fiXZsEUBT
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS0V8d9sf3F
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I made a move to go.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHLVVz2CsJ
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gChn6Z58A
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhHuXZG1BO
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh4iImVlLh
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm4MfoaLJ9Q
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUwmJwLFlU
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBsheQTmVoB
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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."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQxfz5W8Mo
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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.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ978v9ZpM2B
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hKDExzfAU
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kwuCC0kuz
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCf1MVoQI8J
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDX0lrfV40J
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsF2pC3Tju3
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFfaoI5Yiw
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrR3giDiTu
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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."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmc5RZpIW20
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEJ7O0f21nu
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrXAyU4f4og
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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."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYxxH33wJS
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORTNUYLzm6
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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."663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbOupLY2e3
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyK5FAZzPbL
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzirGoSHSmW
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxreJEohTqx
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRG8uPVDcHX
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfcpbeKwi3
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6aAULIt6V
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMlBuvD9Ed
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLiCMNpcAo
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvY2NYQyEsX
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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.663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqvFXluPkc
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ00QJqDw0V7
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VU6TornGg
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0J85A1863G
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEMWKSTnDi9
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiUpZquEzT1
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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. 663Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCo54hrg9V
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
