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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVRVbvYhday
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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 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy48cYmzvff
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO1POrm4VUp
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVonLLhfzxm
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYgef4YztR4
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQvImVOv57
minute!" I assured him.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV4ErV2S7Kx
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFt5ifWMaL5
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMuh6P63UE
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wWCHXMfGc
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHvoFyanZY
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSHdzwcZS9
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxU0SCVCkPC
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEOhiauEpOx
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdfSokdquX
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3mNA3YViH
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"Welcome, sir."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjowrkfW0Lw
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT2toqNAiy1
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I made a move to go.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXKu9Z1Fm1
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXceBPP0mo
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHyGhwXNFM
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dtQToAb1O
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRF7d76DIJ7
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRp2l1cHHVV
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaRvYJo3OdY
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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."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkfzYrNz70d
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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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQKnhrXkwY
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYOsp3HPOX6
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPQvPAKUmj
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQkvdxPAN7X
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0WNXhEVOxA
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlgnjAnx1I
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbpteEY5oiH
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v3tZRU8me
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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."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWCTEOV6pGJ
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOzF7N8CgP
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyt0yzFGsGL
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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."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMINwwgGN4J
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3lzq820ucl
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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."674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5AYr1s7C0
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKXrxn8UwW
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvTN1pRqab
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkiucUhm6K
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoBnZyXlnj
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCOs30wQ8H
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡswg8wp8Hct
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpM41EkN0Jf
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88x2d6xzgD
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblq7mQ8YYf
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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.674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZCYmTnC09I
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvtBWvwJAF
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK8vEO7NaUn
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwGOkl8W5N
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEMk4CM9P4
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AiN1nrBee
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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. 674Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9IZtb9afn
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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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