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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZpDuQKv8N
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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 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RxUIHWqIK
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq2ece9zEsz
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPMYMcJ2vg
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt31yOZ0vHX
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBvCcmH6Ti
minute!" I assured him.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLByfNMesVj
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy11hoqgADY
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacIfQLQwBq
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FnQcSHVqm
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIoUEB9se2
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwkYe2T7MXH
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOdDdlH7hsq
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjKrOwYpFD
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIWZ5wTuX1B
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwwoWUglZ7q
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"Welcome, sir."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2KVHtyosKT
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JfNxL2miB
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I made a move to go.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU1kKl35gTD
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKWdUletToL
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdCodF6O12
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Q1ErYlGXV
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEiYquepDR
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdOWcQIz8G
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTWT1Wke4e
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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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNrFfLjtOJ
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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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEzvAy65iLm
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTVUSIbigH
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfVP3nmqtT
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk6ZgmQwPo
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHjyeo9KsDt
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8bjQklHFwf
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ41LJxZHcEt
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIVe7RJat3D
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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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fRW68TPiF
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuL4GoEi5Qe
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlzLdXfKEC
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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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRualu2nykC
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjIeTLCEIf
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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."665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTXZmyvPed
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaQgVzD9QK
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ90ddqOrUB
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MhgShbvE8
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ121Gsmg8Es
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRAiI9nf57
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJauOOsoGhd
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2VRlxUk0yx
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXKK2QP9Xo
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOVU3h984K
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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.665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2IM8t91ww1
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji7OOJs7Y5
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFtkjHcmpbr
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuRhLpK96b
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKup60qLCpA
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa8AO0Lcqc2
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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. 665Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkneGZr7Lj
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
and then Add to home screen.