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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHrlGYUjLH
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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 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6dCK662E3
couldn't even know how she was doing. I was in the dark about her well being. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZb1JAhbv9x
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPZLeFpZBC
"Honey, we have a visitor!" My husband shouted. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreuBykj49J
I sighed. Who was it this time? "I will be there in a 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNZMXlZn86z
minute!" I assured him.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7P0P276E0
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ93xfUcnyUr
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The visitor had his back turned to me, but I knew it was our District Pastor. What a pleasant surprise. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9JST0zA67i
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"Good day, sir," I curtsied as I greeted. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXNwrxzxwz
He looked up with a smile lighting his features. "Ah, Sister in the lord. How are you?"1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCT2N7QDeRZ
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"I am doing well, sir," I said with a smile.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRD1FLTS4rm
"What of your family? It's been long I saw your wife." 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz26YS91Pys
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"She has been extremely busy with church meetings and keeping the home," he explained.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8grGPg9Wro
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I sighed. "I can't imagine but thank God for His grace to lead a good life."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgR5qz7nO86
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"Yes, yes. That's the most important...," he nodded continually. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6FqMXyV2yO
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"Welcome, sir."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRVJfpHl9Ab
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"Thank you," he greeted cheerfully. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVQzZAyeOPq
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I made a move to go.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ04mPBkwB8
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"Don't go, Madam. I want to talk with you and your husband."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM92gMHUxOk
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"Is there something wrong?" I queried.
"Not at all. Please sit down."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0D923YcwxP
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I sat down beside my husband on the couch. I exchanged looks with him. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCQc8I2P0AE
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"It's about your commitment to church activities, he began. I have noticed that you both have been backsliding." 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMB2dw0rkog
I inwardly groaned as I pretended to smoothen up my apron. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWy1Csgz9d5
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"We have been so busy with work," my husband said shortly. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQrryHi7Ox
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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."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoMZJyvfFUI
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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.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyMHHGb1J7E
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLMqrUjOkb
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"Boarding school," my husband answered nervously. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gIHfzYLgP
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGAD3lCGwT1
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"Yes, she needed to be among her peers so that she can open up," I added.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU72xl4Lgp
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I watched as Pastor Ndubuisi shook his head in disapproval. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxrqzWIS5F
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"I must say you've got it all wrong," he told us emphatically. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCtCzmnRVkL
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I watched as my husband squeezed his face in irritation. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBzBbvVwpv
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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."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzJsqSkrUgT
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The room grew silent, with my husband and I deep in thought. At last, my husband sighed noisily. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwvldDQtrS
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"What if we are making matters worse by pulling her close to us?" he asked.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQZJ3JHw0g
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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."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5MFtjsi6ON
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxjCvJ3csA
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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."1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVZQ9u5DOab
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I quickly used the shawl on my neck to cover my hair as we all bowed in prayer. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PozaFrfwt
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGIlziajgwd
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"Thank you so much, pastor, for coming," my husband said as they both shook hands. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuAiRoCUs3
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3AnvDjsdZl
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"Greet mama for me." I was referring to his wife. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBKWvoujoFZ
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7MNcSraE2
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxEG54ArCk
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVD2oSCBhWh
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"Saturday," I said softly, holding him close to me. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡggMJqCeKrP
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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.1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwyMCjWryg
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"You mean, she is coming back here?" I almost shrieked. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJbAyxYyvLB
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtHtPd3WBqY
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"Leave me joor," I said childishly. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3PhGat2Ssm
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I knew he wouldn't mind because he enjoyed it so much. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXBfKZod6hd
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"I am never going to leave you alone," he vowed. We both had a good laugh over that. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tNoz27K2F
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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. 1012Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebwXhVJVcl
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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.