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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A2vdFhiH4
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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 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUE26XD2km
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSBgEe0JKU
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn51q6wduce
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnMqyIKWXFm
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwWtZpVK5h
minute!" I assured him.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRWdvF1m6g
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2ED1l5IMp
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0YpShbycUl
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVkrfzZye8
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU2c5U8UHr
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7XorTjZ12p
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosWoYmbVPn
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHzwQjDep9K
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZmQdAY5Ol
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRM1wT8q1i
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"Welcome, sir."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAvAviK5nnq
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0iCV3FaZ6q
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I made a move to go.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt56fZ9ODW
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdg8B8Mbjts
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qCamXmwYy
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LLLsKFsUO
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOfPXXS0ZmH
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fO6RxOwkp
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazXZ5Csomr
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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."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpga5hc7Ql
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHroBnNLb4
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDF6DBSYLM2
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYCppPujN0
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLx57K53rYO
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8srRDqN3z
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunnxSvpj3v
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IIy8KJAau
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc3iVxsirh
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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."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjJSJSqshh
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9toORE5wF
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWq5oTc1CH
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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."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7ZXGjDVlj
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VG0HWTHyA
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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."511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzzrodPZeMZ
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyCARsY0hL
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLWjpBQG4Z
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwr5061uB3
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkiZW0KZ7d
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOuVTW9AMV
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrxgnRKjxK
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuTGBZ2AcW
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfaUpx8UVM
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtIBKbC3jXF
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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.511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLS52tnFTRs
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyAtM2Xr2mg
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4B72wiUxnN
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSfeVFTGbth
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGfXLNZbjj5
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1y8TbZU59P
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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. 511Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm9DKsyOoPA
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
