Category: Human Interest

(c) Vickey Stamps – December 7, 2015 – It was the season of Christmas and the days grew  closer, shorter somehow, and the old woman wondered why it was that the older she was, the faster another day came, and how uncertain her life with its health issues became as well.  It was an uncertain…

By Vickey Stamps (c) 2002 Once upon a long time ago, in the land of pretense, a small child floundered its way through life. It’s name was Weed, and truly it was an honestly come by name. It bore no resemblance whatever, to its beautiful and much sought after neighbor, Rose. Rose’s every need was…

By Vickey Stamps in conspiracy with Wanda Wilder “And so it came to be in that time of long ago, that the Creator of all things gave to man yet one more gift, that being the dominion over animals.  Of these came one known as dog.” The shelter had tried as hard as they could, to…

(c) By Vickey Stamps She cooked salt pork and grits in her special way ‘Fore he saddled his horse to do ranching that dayT’was still pretty dark, the day being brand new The stars was still out. The sky weren’t yet blue She got her some coffee, sat and rocked for awhile In her womb…

(c) By Vickey Stamps Somewhere either here or there, and in the land ofcould have been, as well as was, a small crowd wandered first in valleys, then in the small hills, all dreading the mountains yet ahead of them. Each carried a cross, each of a different size, burden-some in appearance, perhaps very heavy. Some…

(c) Vickey Stamps There are many here whose mother is no longer of this earth, others, whose mother may even be with them in this very place, or perhaps only a state or so away.  There are biological mothers, there are mothers who had to give their child to another, for many different reasons, there…

By Vickey Stamps It was dusty. It bordered on becoming moldy in scent, and appearance.   Average in size and long in length, it was boring in color.  It was a book without its jacket, other than the worn shreds of it not yet deteriorated.   It had become used to the temperatures within the room that…

© Vickey Stamps 3/12/15   She’d been so beautiful when first she’d  begun her walk upon the earth.  She still, for only a measure of time, radiated that which had been summer, and now represented fall.  Her dress still lay upon her like the softest of velvets. It’s colors were not unlike a glorious galaxy…