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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhTXvbhIAe
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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 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECVaYYJGXC
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcnqklUn59
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFYqd8zkCnn
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOQb11BENKj
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6aMcy38L3l
minute!" I assured him.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgyKEEfHE9
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ843TJNMALD
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpiEkZ2qqNu
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGgwKgh8Wly
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGU15MwppR
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHlneVv6sfT
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOtfhcXnkF
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuWzss7hlg
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71PrcABl09
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDwlxNN9KZ1
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"Welcome, sir."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGjQfEh0maZ
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4kDrO9HBQ6
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I made a move to go.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzneYkJoxnq
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2zfxROj3pw
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3tsZ7NMIfN
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYbD5KDn5qc
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8ZkxlzGwH
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6uoqbwMfmv
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuctRx3U1u5
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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."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCZ0wgyTaF
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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.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx15QSbA21t
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4vc7diyJwb
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IqvLPOJx6
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHr1rkwSmW
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsPDqThC67
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOEkrDaDz8D
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmRkcxbU9sq
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaTmhtASUz
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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."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYqdKoASJwx
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhkuMqmjdE
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8XTA3QRyB
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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."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKksmEB1bes
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUNIX4GUdP
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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."661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SbRBCbhTB
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡplcNgXoiZE
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSO9hvEAcAw
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEprQUwtgZm
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvHvoSiqF2
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJMhbUsqB9
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDWVWBNzBEe
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvIeuGyRxI
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4bDkRuaaf
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ80QSBxPXN4
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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.661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTarmAXFYPM
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjPM5JpLB7n
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeVdSukDla
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAB2NA4tqe
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEADxYtFnvF
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP2F7uYdZV
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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. 661Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetpzQZH4HG
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
