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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjZGHcddNz
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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 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTJW5l3Xda
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4r4FeRuglu
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIHZdA3LogM
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqVkge5FpA6
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoHSdDB7r6
minute!" I assured him.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5T5E7rTGpV
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6d2j6OHg0O
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsppz2IXN5
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuBOD22MaC
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvjkSwxUdBj
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJAooDYWHf
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXWZxX5wCx4
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqwkM845qrG
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVzmL6TNpF
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEY5zqeWUy
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"Welcome, sir."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsXAYIafnr
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnIw70XbiI
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I made a move to go.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyiMVsSYXPJ
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ98PK42WM07
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJZhiAMPpcT
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqOdtGPVOX
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvvZHwycZXd
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡudU9PGeTLE
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NPsfzAr6o
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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."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6TdAlrQ7fW
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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.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKW8OdWXBCk
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJQw7eC0VFo
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoivW8HME5L
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7p6GrrjghC
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2TIRsZ1p6v
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsxNLshvQSU
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlN0rIM0Gi
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMAEYsyoIz0
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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."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtziX2sLDEe
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCCDciYdSpZ
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3vGpdkbqu
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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."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjVyhPmz6Z
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzxgSPxcSM
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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."642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMvVh8Wnlt
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqHRp3vxZsY
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7ceaGWPWp
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zaCA3duT6
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRuNQZ6Pel
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqnuvQ4hqUr
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr5tnGB0ZEt
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwuaq2qaiE
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDy6MzvdBV
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjLv9ZOdfx
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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.642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHS5f9w9QaE
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMipXupajJc
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡah7D9l6WFp
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfRaHxsKsA
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbnWyoO78d
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnGKztQWM3Q
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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. 642Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0fi3RUIve
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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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