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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOVJALW5e8
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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 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhgzNziHzyy
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKq2aXEriw
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4FXprc5rZI
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSH8l68xYg9
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEoKHsmlBUW
minute!" I assured him.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADeRqkC5Bq
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRlWfbqiNQP
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVoFOh9dGN
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf1SOekzpei
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXRvfPhJJf
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSAGmAL5zJ
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqWv260HiQ
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj70EHuKiBo
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxUQRpHd6E
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCzcXaOXII
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"Welcome, sir."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCecO11ESok
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtmpMCnPMhn
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I made a move to go.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndS1K7KtWc
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYN49M7j8WO
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5JclsxNVL
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IOxFozxQ3
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLEDySNQcKb
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHg13PHoCy
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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."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6a7w7Q93w
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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.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE9YB00kJBY
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNxQKDu2kA
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhhdsc5D97t
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYezVIjNLUK
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vYRHjLA9l
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡON7wgaweMM
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOg0eyPkhv
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIHwz2m6Ex
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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."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9MZAeFvSf
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEIpL61Bp0F
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLt1LSGLJs
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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."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZjFOryBUC
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOH54jKmMY
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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."512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRBZcu6a6n
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOFbkxPqIY8
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIK8oqBjGK
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ23S3ktgaP
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zAkod2HcY
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3tdSVVwBW
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrNmnnqpDb
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacxZnu1jJ9
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtC1A2xnb7N
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeKGSUdDKV
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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.512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZXI2T2gcH
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWui5Kh9HVQ
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7kD56Tb2gB
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0GVk1tt5re
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMl8zouh4vW
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAATfPsC6u
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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. 512Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Obf3fa2wp
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
