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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAWrEA7uwr
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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 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZapVMbrCi
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnMvsK3m4s
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNeCXhoxe3
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGertzddpmN
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3DpscH4Hk
minute!" I assured him.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjABHcU9Z4H
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfCJTcyz5lZ
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2t91feBboj
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTkn4iXMA98
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo6inltOA0
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iP9KqYk8O
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqTqf6vSdJF
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4D0UnkGA7T
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLNq4N6k40
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjiACRSpin
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"Welcome, sir."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGifNlvwBy
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL2lOeegfi
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I made a move to go.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSkgeLz7pMo
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbEuMzqx7cK
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26fJQZwNfZ
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ08gddbuHC7
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRnzYmIa25
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTzE7yDtzY
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUMTSraF7h
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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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPSAL9YqWg
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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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaSgMWp3Sb
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tUySUrefe
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxB65995tc
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOCwV3VnoS
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvIGnc3lQ7T
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMApObGK52
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBhoKomgF2Q
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6Xmh8PHtY
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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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35sESI2Lol
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpuhoCa6KG
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXsxLFCkF9
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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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkYgkxU4Pui
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMpMRmg51G
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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."1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoYUrl5oUa
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn7X1OV5cBp
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvyLUSEQRcp
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOrGDWgipZ
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLNGexbnD94
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPC2j7SJKTw
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBbpbaRM6V
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡepAHBKcUz8
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoqxGGteFWh
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdEeMu3JXbn
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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.1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ZQ8C7d9wV
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhqbl1jIs7J
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCMZbYd0DqZ
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X97zExBsg
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYvwmOpXOMZ
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLadcEfpQcN
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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. 1010Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrU7rADWquQ
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"I would gladly do that and take her along. I miss her too." With that, I held him tighter.
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