Tag: Caribbean Sea

Reflecting on 2018 “52 Weeks of Stillness”

aleassa January 1, 2019

In many ways, the year has flown by, and in others, it seemed quite long. Can anyone else relate? I focused on “Stillness” this year, and it was a year of quiet, healing, introspection, reading, study, and rest. (Except when …

Just a Sec

aleassa October 30, 2018

Hi, I’m Aleassa, and sometimes, I write on a very little blog called Coffee With Sprinkles. I haven’t shared on it in awhile, and I thought I would take just a sec to share my current thought process. This has …

God Is Good

aleassa August 7, 2018

There are moments when heartaches like sea billows roll. In the waves, God is good. There are days when physical pain is too much to handle, and tears of weakness fall. In the pain, God is good. There are times …

My Lost Boys of Honduras

aleassa May 17, 2018

In a Neverland of misty mountains, cloud forests, and a thousand shades of green, there is a subculture of boys who will never grow up. Boys who will never see more than a glimpse of childhood, yet will never understand …

A Mango for Mother’s Day

aleassa May 16, 2018

We drive through town, dodging stray dogs and fruit carts on this hot Mother’s Day. A fragrant pink rose bounces in the sunshine of the dashboard. We stop at a restaurant and park in the shade of a tall mango …

Two A. M.

aleassa March 29, 2018

The sudden silence of the fan wakes me up. A well-worn phrase runs through my still-asleep brain—“Power’s out.” A rooster crows. I check the clock. Two a.m. Roosters can’t tell time here. The heat grows heavy without the circulation of …

“He Maketh the Storm a Calm”

aleassa January 22, 2018

“They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are …