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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeyth1mTdTh
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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 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRJvQ6q63M
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDIfK6KZky
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3usOK076Qt
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGj8lhYi0wF
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbH44wC0hV
minute!" I assured him.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGGtdTuoUjt
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIhPzchG0J
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Q3gmwd1wE
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44YB9t9BVX
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3VSI8dfsok
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujrFze9gu3
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU0YJ1wjs0
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3nQ0TfoTBy
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnlt7QlNcP
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpyU9tUUQh
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"Welcome, sir."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXtpcsZvm9m
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnY4RBB1oAg
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I made a move to go.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d4f4gE30b
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaokJCi998e
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIXu4LNDB06
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0sm1lGXHX7
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqFye3x5sKt
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xVGwxOK7I
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxxQgEIy7K
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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."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVZYUVztIV
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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.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9tRiXwMyOy
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbC8G3Psh1
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2m5Cdg0zu
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QwGKruVyC
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoc6qS5yzwh
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKISSD1JeNC
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcotr5haB9
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk8jarDNd1h
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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."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFjzsoR9wq
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyeMgmsn4Zi
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9XhjWsNAd
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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."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhafqzPYR6i
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgi2um7Ljdt
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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."664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3rvqLmmbJD
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfm2eoVEQox
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsLqhqL3D0
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XzV91fEGj
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpYIrneXsuu
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u6JbFEm89
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcdhXmBJlzd
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRQycbOnBT2
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytQtbYroVr
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4JXleEoQoh
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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.664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ878I3N7oYw
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWU887Pw7M
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMaJXLEcY3
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNB2uSVdDM2
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZNtElPMHA
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡReTPAGGwB3
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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. 664Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZzxV08i5j
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
