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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yOdywcSOA
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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 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMakXHfcSf
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeM3bTc1OfZ
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGs0oMGzBe
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8hrCITsMY6
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7QEhJKZKaq
minute!" I assured him.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYtYs5qjyAL
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEX9TSCwoEk
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMg7lTtOeF
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAqxEbL1bQ
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtJLEVn2NBr
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKwslcElO5
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcWXyc2Jrt9
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblZCw5f3CA
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkjBuVIKQR
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYkqeNrUX4
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"Welcome, sir."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIccOuCZfSO
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNQuiUMh9S
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I made a move to go.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Tyvy2iymp
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ10s0ARPj
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XSPW10KCl
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zKRJ98FF9
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqodIF0Tzxd
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7YMryOwUa
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ934tElDiRe
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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."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfAjEcoRZ9
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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.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe86Pu9yG46
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpwqdZBAKJ
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVumIJln8jD
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOGIVZWiX6
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzK9AHvHFK
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xIY1TQl9b
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUSjUCudteo
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7SME3zHP4A
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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."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTRjBGkIfQa
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZkJU41dwXb
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPvlP5I1Z1
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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."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1ohF06jjw
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IbdiHdGY9
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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."546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HKiMrcsxD
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNOX8rQiYI
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyLJvdiBoU
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnEZxMpRtx
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrg95ytAHJ9
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXrFuZWEMG
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Nbb1c75v7
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuefTcmoS9d
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPwM7IRVwy1
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IaNcWIIzO
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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.546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVdFyf5KCN
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLHYtTfkRH
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBRxphKuzG6
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaY0Jx2fH3
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4prM1ROCmy
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5quffePw5V
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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. 546Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97mQzt7MHr
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
