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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuoedPHdDxb
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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 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyRpzEL2rQQ
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYNn8kYTA4r
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmb5lfU0DCT
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwwOFiFrwz
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68jMq8ySSJ
minute!" I assured him.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3Ho6Lfqz4
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtwWbEFHfVZ
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6tLp3NEreC
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDels88ZIll
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZl4G7rzJ7m
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiw1812Q30J
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcrVIzeQxt
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGusS4Vdbj
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4bKxBr5Yn
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2eEDJbkIf
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"Welcome, sir."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVaU2ZeQdM
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgPkAhSw1P
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I made a move to go.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLrX6Mm9kc
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsv1taaOiwm
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡexBu7RQXoJ
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDp29EzmpM
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSAUrToSD8t
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxG90WnYo71
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCHh2XWesZ
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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."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQpbq4ZYSak
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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.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVy4bIKgaxW
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQIEpjn9WN
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55dPRGKW16
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenG2sf2vqX
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0SZiap4oH
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUcO7eIgA9
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaeKS86cbUs
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO8XiKrPyp
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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."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPYW7ihpiP
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAwZ3gajtR
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b5Y8fyZ2e
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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."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyB4cQLF8ix
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUi5gFLUqZU
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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."772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDBXthMfvv
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDm1AGw1Gqm
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglHMX0fyVC
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRszXfL6vBh
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtSfK2hfieY
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsuhEbu1UOD
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkwP6bSjTAm
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ9pAxwgWQO
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PISUApP90
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0c0BGE9vd9
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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.772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEhtbnd0NpJ
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi3famreUJZ
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzs6J59to3
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAziLV6q0od
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZvVKer1Qur
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunCDEN6xlD
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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. 772Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CordW0fsj
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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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