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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjLOzB1Ayf
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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 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡromzLVfY7x
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRaYVlAUH2d
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi4mhWHmsX7
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0HoNjI4KK
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyxw9AVyWqx
minute!" I assured him.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnx1cAznQTG
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHOl0nHO4OG
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokteTGwm6c
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pbo8Xdlsq
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczSuRQr7nO
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2tNtH6fJsh
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFQDtaXasWs
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkciVgKlzTw
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ903wtuITfo
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdlFWzpcPJB
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"Welcome, sir."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWK6zGRaEX1
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAhSF5ICNX
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I made a move to go.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgD4EyQ3jg
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkoPXXzC2f
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAfgGtY49LQ
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMEC5mQeeW
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHBCUk6o3Y
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG1WITN7Pqy
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQ4MUDfoyN
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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."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcYuxxzwR10
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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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDkuIeilbv
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyhtsmsq43
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1CvenFntxn
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuDCh8FqfH
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkHCvRxPU99
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPQDJmporah
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ03BK1CqG1J
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLU3qBnZMO
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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."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbU6NmOmXse
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZIXaxlnbI
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkaAajWDlWS
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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."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyN2CCRammA
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyE8WG28BUB
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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."647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bfMBWAD9p
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5Oyn3DDxS
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwwVtwZNUZ
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDOgA0u0Br
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLir1Jxy5dt
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu7PZG6CxNP
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTBTuDnsGO
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUlqk9lAgE
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI8KvYjMeJ
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhS5UFTIle
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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.647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnJiApkHwcG
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ73GKAIUJaz
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ldMRS6NUG
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ817BlI5JbR
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6SHwyGgWe
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZcDDAJqtLO
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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. 647Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBYj2ClPHi
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
