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What Fear Has Taught Me

It was snowing the day I had to return to the hospital. Just two weeks prior I had a mammogram which is a necessity due to my mother having…

4 min readApr 21, 2024

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The Man Who Tried to Love Me

Tears are falling down my cheek as my son enters the room. I hide behind a tissue afraid to show that I have been crying. It started with a…

4 min readMar 25, 2024

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The Man Who Tried to Love Me

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Once an Outcast Always an Outcast

I sit behind the screen of my computer and browse through the various posts on Facebook. In many ways, social media is the ultimate enemy…

5 min readMar 23, 2024

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Once an Outcast Always an Outcast

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What I have learned about raising a Teenager

My son rushes into my room and tosses his bookbag on the floor in anger. He’s tearing at his coat and it’s obvious that something happened…

5 min readMar 12, 2024

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What I have learned about raising a Teenager

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Blood is Blood

Last night I tossed and turned until the covers were off my bed. When I awoke the next morning I felt sick and nauseous. Perhaps it was a…

5 min readFeb 22, 2024

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Blood is Blood

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Down the Rabbit Hole, I Go

For as long as I can remember I haven’t had a good night's rest or even a peaceful day. Depression is a dark cloud that has hung above my…

5 min readFeb 7, 2024

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Covid Struck Again!

In 2020 during the height of the pandemic that was Covid-19 I was working at a hospital as an entry screener. I took every precaution from…

3 min readJan 8, 2024

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A Future Uncertain

The papers shook in my hand as I read the dreaded decision from the Social Security Administration Judge- Denied. For the last two years I…

3 min readDec 25, 2023

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The Continuing Battle with COVID

February 12, 2021

4 min readMar 19, 2021

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This is What it Feels Like to Have COVID!

February 2, 2021

4 min readFeb 10, 2021

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Destiny Pifer

Destiny Pifer

Destiny Pifer is a published author who is currently a contributor for Pandemic Diaries. Her work has also appeared in various anthologies.

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