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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCzNfYCmFfD
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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 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw6ZNg6GoOK
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDRqxDixVyq
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNrvaYYQqL
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB9oM4JpWCF
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFQDGtXjPQ
minute!" I assured him.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5iUbMIK39b
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DisaDBdA2
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYa4nM7s4D
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAiyIiYe0vN
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60mqYFovPO
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtlqvLxptx
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qYHN9fRHc
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecnURbsanJ
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7moMM0nr2x
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkD4JOyz66
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"Welcome, sir."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhyhpywvMi
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnYgSPNmHmN
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I made a move to go.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnielFEkF8S
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZtFs2uBHBR
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡELEBRbUxIn
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFGF4qWPpo
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRbSlRLHoS6
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaY7a17cqMy
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FJ8LBJZia
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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."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdMQ04o75Q
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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.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo83iiplPCj
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJ4nwiaZyV
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8VFUVtQaz
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLLis0a1FKt
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpulaFO3uso
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd9pQiysYIc
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllA2smXq3f
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhULcJoUQg
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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."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnP3n6kUZrt
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuBioceo0fG
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2CWTBWL3r
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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."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMxc5lbpBM
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCGuPS5DMbj
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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."1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt0GDQvFwZC
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaXnNwAcMDs
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ41d27i9lB
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskL0VVrlKd
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwTjHhj70AM
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNdoriOOco
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiRPTk4DWWq
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocjbpyZmgn
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJNX7f1DXe5
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa9jC7MEzwe
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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.1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnBueL7jK6a
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkbKd5Vm8oz
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEYgS1WtMS
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8TCOy4uJ3b
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqlVYVzZEju
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjFa3zQkKIt
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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. 1008Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMV6pUvQos6
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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.