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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jlli5CxMx
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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 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVi9hUXvYJ
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡApnG77nDPq
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzSk6KF34l3
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4hZBlZmns
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA3jPpbb1bX
minute!" I assured him.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2j6ZDHJDY
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09EVI9QEaY
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLVzD5mYzn
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYf4DwuBH8p
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6lTXpbRNf
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRAU2kLVtSw
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu51FXllLO
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgybd1NTd42
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrbkXXuaodf
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1819J5HJgY
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"Welcome, sir."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyjCLiLI9kM
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4UJUKUP8T
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I made a move to go.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ64L5zq0h8
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8EnLmbnK0v
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlvi9azSStC
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIivnqMGzLb
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEfReDLeBcb
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWEd0Aagjf9
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqscHRLiAJB
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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."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrEWOklUMu1
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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.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEnpVrXaZCz
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1rIL6sljG
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyXozgeUdbP
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX4BP0PtQSk
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEP7hHN8vLy
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9BBn4xf1NZ
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICocTeS4hb
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqs7JEUbu8
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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."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOeaiQgNwn9
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K6llJK9SN
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47cGzcIib0
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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."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7EO7cHCnpC
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr7LD9X4P8
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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."586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC73e4Py4m0
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVS1a69ZkQ4
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCIgqAXxvy
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmdEy7PChn
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdyi0v6OoSB
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ86blNa0gM
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTQFs7aoNx
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKHIe6OzFwy
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtmuPAWXeR
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8wUeLrLOJ4
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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.586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj8jUVHj4VP
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pxUJjBVtV
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA40T4ePqyP
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZw4X6PFrlh
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOJ3ncyhWj
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2hM55NARsq
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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. 586Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkS6Ru8DTE
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
