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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKu5to2TLdf
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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 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXsB11BtpL
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqoypm9yfr
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVApCMqZETo
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQEwlHAj4p
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDO6dF30d3a
minute!" I assured him.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOBNXfflA0p
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkNhTUH6QI
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq7ZAL4J4R
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdmTPMyvRT
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4gywbXPNy
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY0j7KPAkr
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDY7dA8slvM
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKiGEl6rYh
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFczEIdSGP
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXDWGS6nFg
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"Welcome, sir."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlG2NhkKgAX
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBI4s9qBiA1
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I made a move to go.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlXiletsKf0
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPa36q2RNni
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ44PoQR7Ppc
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKqQLvzgeP
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHJ60V1UWn
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWPpEqsNWN
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyTqObmpGX
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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."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvMH8ZDxvMi
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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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8GwIbUw6Lz
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF3Hzn3qag0
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJw8oM2xJC5
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBRnC4C6aK
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuvLa3jQsx
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOPrmWGBd5
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPiFIa33X2
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVCAbQoL4x
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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."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRucQnvRUh
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BwCaq0j50
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI6D5mkcJ8i
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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."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7XiBQIovI
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzrFl004aBA
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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."545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ142SttXXy7
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU2n2Mvo7H
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm5a2ZVjXal
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCo42jTbev
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQWTKItNO8m
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQptnoKgFf
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLYDBGKvWG
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepSMx7OhW1
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDNM70fWIB
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEac7MioSo2
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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.545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNR0ssCLgYO
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtuAQbmZl8N
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLsazpnhZHg
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNz930sROwi
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0rCJf7fr6
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxWmVakSIAz
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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. 545Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuTNi7P5MzD
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
