Nicole Padley

Author -- 9 posts

Nicole is a busy homeschooling mom of four. Prior to motherhood, she studied Theology and worked as a foreign missionary. In the rare moments that she is not doing laundry or burping a baby, she can be found sneaking away to a coffee shop by herself, reading, or dreaming up amazing homeschool adventures she hasn't quite managed to make a reality yet with her rambunctious kids. Follow her on Instagram.

Resource Parents
Our Miscarriage Story – Francine Helen

Have you ever just had a feeling deep in your gut that things were not going to turn out alright? From the day I found out we...

Resource Parenting Little ones
Be Brave Young Mama (Handling Meltdowns in Public)

We’ve all been there before…trying to quickly finish grocery shopping before nap time, exchanging some clothes at a nearby...

Resource Married first 5 years
Praying With Your Spouse: A Step-By-Step Guide to Get You Through the Awkwardness

We hear it all the time…well at least in the crowds I roll with. Pray with your spouse. Yeah…okay, but what they really mean...

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Why I’m Still Catholic In An Imperfect Church

In November 1985, a mere six weeks after I was born and one day before my father’s twenty-ninth birthday my parents bundled up...

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What is Toxic Spirituality?

If all the commandments, memorized prayers and holy days of obligation were to suddenly vanish, what would you be left with?...

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Don’t Let Comfort Kill Your Potential

The sun is setting and after spending the last hour rocking babies, saying prayers and rereading the same familiar bedtime...

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My Suffering Was Not The End, But the Beginning

It was a humid afternoon in early August, the glare of the sunshine hit me through the window of our counsellor’s office. My...

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Finding Where I Belong in a Season of Loneliness

Another day begins just as mundane and ordinary as the last. “Is it Wednesday or Thursday?” I wonder to myself. It's...

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Why Bother With Mass? 

The sound of my alarm breaks, I roll over to realize I have exactly one hour to get ready, and the kids wrangled before Mass...