LOVE. MOVE. RIZE. 

There is no normal after the unthinkable.  No going back.  Only through.

I’m Karen Sparks, runner, pacer, survivor, reluctant warrior and I believe in the process of continuous healing through choosing hope.

I’ve shaken with fear and walked through it anyway. 

I’ve stood at the graves of my only two children and watched their caskets be rolled six-feet under.  

My starting line is feeling buried 12-feet under each day.

I’ve been buried alive. 

But, I choose hope.

I faced it all because my children, Reagan and Grant, made me brave.  The Love. Move. Rize.  movement was born from the ashes.  

Not just of grief, but of silence.  Of staying down too long.  Because when you stay down, your children die a second death.  And I wasn’t going to let that happen.

I run now not to escape, but to return.  To root.  To truth.  To remind others that your finish line still exists, even when you can’t see it.  I’m here to prove anything.  I’m here to pace the ones who forgot they were born to “rize.”

Some days I cry at football games.  Some days I smile and then fall apart.  But every day, I show up with truth deeper than trauma and love stronger than fear.  

Because I’ve lived the choice.  Victim or survivor.  Stuck or rooted.  Pain or purpose.  

And I’m here, hand outstretched, to walk with you on your own time until you become the thing you used to be afraid of.

That’s what I do now.  I pace others.  I host races.  I lead a movement.  But more than that…I help people reclaim their space on this planet.  The space they were told they didn’t deserve.

So if you’re somewhere between hopeless and thriving…I see you.

You’re not alone.  That fire in you…it’s still there.  You don’t have to run fast.  You just have to move.

I’ll help pace you.  I’ll hold the line until you can cross it yourself.

Let’s reclaim what’s ours.  Not just survival but joy.  Power.  Place.

You’ve still got a finish line.  And I’m here to help you cross it.

You don’t need to be ready.  You just need to believe that the becoming hasn’t stopped.  Not for a second.  Not ever.  You’re still here.  So am I.  

You’re not broken.  You’re becoming.  

You are seen, heard, and loved.

Let's finish together.

Together, we love, move, and “rize”.

Walk/Hike/Run/Move with me, share your story, and let's take this journey together. - youtube.com/@lovemoverize