Five Minutes with a Mom

Denise RoarkName? Denise Roark

Originally from? Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Ages/gender of children? boy-7, girl- 6

Where were kids born? Both were born in Fayetteville, AR

Favorite parenting moments? Sleeping with a tiny baby on your chest- it doesn’t get any better! I am also happy when I see my child showing compassion for another person.

Advice you wish someone had given you when you first became a mom? Keep offering veggies and avoid the “Happy Meals” if possible.

Favorite hobbies? Tennis, traveling, riding bikes with my son and getting manicures with my daughter.

If you had three solid hours of alone time, what would you do with it? Clean out and organize my closet.

What’s something you’ve been meaning to do but it never seems to be a good time? Get in really good shape.

The last book you read? Currently reading Eat Pray Love

The last movie you saw? Juno

Parenting is … both challenging and rewarding, though sometimes it’s just exasperating!

One phrase to sum me up? Grateful