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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHHrxP0s9e
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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 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3TCcPGJhY
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBLXbAPxmIR
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnhDV2U7Xzs
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64G12VabL1
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZeymSEWs7
minute!" I assured him.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUMp0F8Pn7
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBhR1AH8BL
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMudxynArk
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1xp0uVK07
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVkjGazLKC
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9IOoHJ3Zk6
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWGdwqzWUET
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡddRRcksQ98
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyi2p23zap
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgp0sWMW3ZV
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"Welcome, sir."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMER9ja6fsd
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocjKDF6chK
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I made a move to go.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCRCkWu707e
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbyvdc4peT
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm2XJj31fx
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJD1fweQ6Hd
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7LJcIn2W6
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnLd62BSpbN
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbOeculdPb
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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."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCW3GwGIqG9
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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.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwsD8AJt6ro
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLmfi24Cpa
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL9PhFJaMnJ
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Zi8BVTTzz
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtZdCbbjyE
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyemF4hJy6P
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2bmEnhsge
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlvCxiKTmD
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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."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3WuKuQxdUz
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFj4gO7VGo
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BOyaFyuRV
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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."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69XmKBvfQd
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcIpDI0g3u
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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."783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HXXmMhtPy
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6C2piTxmGe
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jWdc1T6pI
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNS6zefzTh6
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmyCmz8Xjs
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCOBAMiLWA
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHWjtZKe0y
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkrjQLf1Ar
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7lnHHolUPO
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuEYlXABwW
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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.783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ49dBNucmrS
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIoSrxc2Hcu
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIorm6KvBG
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcW5fU8c63
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YCiMuoy4z
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3T30eNkBkc
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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. 783Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFF4Hk4An47
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
