Sparrow In Stride

Sparrow In Stride πŸ“ Alaska | πŸ’™ Mom + Dog Walker
Tending a life on purpose ~ for the woman ready to choose something gentler
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Recovering from winter blues is no easy task...Lack of friendships, general stir crazy and dust that has accumlated so m...
05/23/2026

Recovering from winter blues is no easy task...

Lack of friendships, general stir crazy and dust that has accumlated so much it now has squatting rights! πŸ˜‚

Shopping with my kiddo has been the one, serene escape πŸ’•

Repeated, echoed "Oh hi!" With a toddler toothy grin to every passerby, an out reached hand and sweet "hello!" from a little one who sees no gloom in the world πŸ₯Ί

Despite everyones own personal worlds nothng brings me more joy than to see a fleeting glance turn into actual eye contact and a:

"Me? Oh hello there!" Followed by a huge smile, short gushing moment over how sweet he is and a pep in their step as they walk away.

Children are truly a hidden blessing in each and every day...

Whats one thing your kiddo does that brings you joy?

Broken molars are one of my biggest fears as a dog owner, my guys get no hard chews, bones etc. I think Dokalo accidenta...
04/22/2026

Broken molars are one of my biggest fears as a dog owner, my guys get no hard chews, bones etc. I think Dokalo accidentally bit Dawsons bear bell while they were playing 🫠

Luckily was able to get him booked for surgery beginning of May. Hoping this won't break the wallet and he'll just be down a tooth!

04/08/2026

Last ski day with the pack and I want to remember exactly how this felt.

There's a specific kind of tired that comes from a day of pure presence. No phone. No agenda. Just me, Dawson, Dokalo, and Kenzie, doing the most ridiculous, joyful thing we could think of πŸ₯Ί

This is what filling the cup actually looks like for us.
What fills yours?

04/07/2026

Nobody talks about how a day actually ends...

Not when the kids go to bed. not when you sit down but when you close it with intention, on your terms!

I used to collapse into evenings. the floor stayed scattered, the hum of everything unfinished followed me right into the next morning.

Now I do a reset; sweep the floors. put things back, turn the lights off one by one. It takes me maybe ten minutes but it's the ten minutes that tells tomorrow-me she's worth walking into something settled πŸ’•

That's what means to me, not a perfect system. Just a quiet choice, made again and again, for no audience at all

Do you have a closing ritual, or does the day just close you?

04/06/2026

Some days the hike doesn't need a destination. It just needs a dog who thinks you hung the moon.

Luke came with us on Sunday, and somewhere between the trailhead and the way back down, I remembered what it feels like to just be somewhere without needing it to count for anything.

He doesn't care about the miles. He cares that I'm there! Praise and all πŸ’•

There's something about moving through the world with a dog who loves you completely that reorganizes things. The mental noise gets quieter. The body remembers it knows how to breathe.

This is what I call and it's less of a practice and more of a permission slip.

🌿 When did you last move your body just for the feeling of it?

03/28/2026

The incline was almost vertical...My legs were burning, I genuinely considered turning back...

But? The dogs didn't. They just kept going, no drama, no negotiation. Just one step, then the next.

I'm still learning from them.

What's something you almost quit that you're grateful you didn't?

03/28/2026

I went quiet for a little while, a deep rest...the kind your body takes whether you plan for it or not!

I didn't come back because I felt ready. I came back because the pack needed to move, and somewhere in me I knew I did too.

This wasn't a workout. It wasn't a comeback. It was just...outside. Cold air. Dogs doing what dogs love to do and my body remembering what it feels like to not be still.

You're not behind. You're not broken. Sometimes going quiet is the work! And when you're ready(or even before you're ready) movement will meet you exactly where you are.

What brought you back the last time you went quiet? Tell me below.

03/28/2026

Honest moment: I needed to disappear for a while...
Not from you! Just from the character I've been trying to hold together πŸ˜… The one who had it ALLL handled.

There's a reframe I kept coming back to, that "deep rest" is sometimes what's underneath what we call being "depressed". Your whole system going: stop. just stop!
So I did.

And now the light is different and something lifted and I'm here again, not because I fixed anything, but because I'm ready to stop waiting until I do πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

If you've been in your own quiet season I'd love to know. What quietly told you it was your time to come back?

Its a double yolk kind of morning! Good luck wrapped up in a brown shell πŸ₯ΉπŸ’•
03/04/2026

Its a double yolk kind of morning! Good luck wrapped up in a brown shell πŸ₯ΉπŸ’•

Happy Monday my beautiful people! πŸ™ŒπŸ’•Its a Valentines Dino blanket hoodie kind of day πŸ˜‚ How're you feeling this morning? ...
03/02/2026

Happy Monday my beautiful people! πŸ™ŒπŸ’•

Its a Valentines Dino blanket hoodie kind of day πŸ˜‚

How're you feeling this morning? Do you have any fun plans for this week?

Had this memory pop up from 4 years ago. I need to get back into to drawing! One of my biggest passions πŸ₯ΉπŸ’•
02/28/2026

Had this memory pop up from 4 years ago. I need to get back into to drawing! One of my biggest passions πŸ₯ΉπŸ’•

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