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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2fFPQCN9C
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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 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoOpEXr94B
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUYfXZtW56A
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7RrcanQrLK
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUjiabxK66
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrfjBJSxHN
minute!" I assured him.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJzZYGj03z
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvE5Cr77VPF
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqzCwF5WHO
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYElrKchzF
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnP0p7jCuTp
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0XJFzf35y5
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJmUzOpCKbA
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMgDFkf2B6V
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq5bQuTTjlP
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObmvnhelGv
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"Welcome, sir."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1W9rglt4S5
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOVQ4VWe9q
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I made a move to go.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3gOA89j0Ff
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIJRaV4nuvo
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfQCDUjrcq
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrRvxqp1bT
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGhalrnX7X
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD5cq8GwSs8
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBaNZPyZh9m
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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."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrqXl3o9ND
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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.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzimDDe0Jl9
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0DlXwlm9X
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPZ5IEA7dm
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKN019rsKgG
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGzbztYKCHL
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo44tW7AYz6
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv0W7LR7zc3
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQvM0vl6tTb
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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."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ45F8CTnXuD
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9o47NhCDMC
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUiBFwwXCob
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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."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrNFux0zQ9I
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwaZau3krY
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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."1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzSZa0Vdsn
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJExuCs2fo
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRaTLUaXEM
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeDC4KY6Ybd
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQURNnLJLGq
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDvyqyEG77
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0uyuJfsseE
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r6Lx8UnOD
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecfew4TOBy
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHgV8SRq7o0
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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.1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1P29kowam
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjkCSBAAic
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNTcCfhuhZx
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0QRCBXdD0s
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ9UNnKy7hw
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHfLsHuNOvD
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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. 1011Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8QWLsVBGu2
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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.