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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwasiSSUU4
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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 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlcFpkxdIU4
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEXSxLKu2DB
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTmRufEOL1n
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYfB5iPiFY
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACdIHnJ7sh
minute!" I assured him.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4Iobi6pYc
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKP4Si9EvR
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8OcxDOjNi
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqww5HsUSQl
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyoPowA2kGX
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVza8pid8Bx
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXMBq9XyCnO
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa39HG92N2X
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcjOM40MCa
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3B8SIkc9qZ
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"Welcome, sir."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGR6kVbDXC
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU6a7O9NRED
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I made a move to go.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡipEAH3W9NX
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkUkpMABVZF
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxeV1jQKqqv
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAcXfddCLo4
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHJKJuB2PO
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFP5g264lrK
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF8Mtj7yjNT
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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."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQMAtuRVzy
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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.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL7idpNZn39
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvheHFp9iM
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI92yvGOIb
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTNa8wu1eL
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyx2Nuezbtf
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEmg4pNnyEx
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vGXmPymiH
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvto9YqmxjR
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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."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOpYnHiyv70
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDV9tMkLom
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy3twcckBQ
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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."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEgaBt1WK5t
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvghHYQEE3
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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."646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7KFQuLR6b
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYAkMFXaNS
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUBbxS8qD0
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdetgSQOYnA
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCenPEjrHf
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT043txwUaN
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnblMDPQ4N7
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLlipPBeQrp
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQLR4zKjWD
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeP1jvASpLU
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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.646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHsRJD9wwm
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGtqMrlkjsb
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrN310ROh8r
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2Vz5GaFUA
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURIgZD1YgJ
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp7zQ0JU19
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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. 646Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOcjx5qutZ4
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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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