Religious/Personal

NFP Prepared Couple for Sacrifice

The following letters are from the Jan.-Feb. 2010 issue of Family Foundations, the publication of the Couple to Couple League International.

Perhaps the practice of Natural Family Planning (NFP) is a training ground for detachment from one’s spouse! What I mean is learning not to need him/her to satisfy our desire for a comfortable life or to be the culmination or ruination of our happiness.

“Natural Family Planning or Nothing,” Man Tells Bride-to-Be

The following article appeared in the May/June 2010 issue of Family Foundations, of the Couple to Couple League.

"We're going to have ten kids."

Jennifer: Matt and I met at a retreat for Catholic college students. Each one of us came from slightly different backgrounds, but we were convinced that our common faith was all that really mattered.

Matthew: Once Jennifer and I were engaged, eventually the subject of what we were going to use for family planning came up. I had grown up hearing about NFP since my parents were volunteer teachers for the Couple to Couple League (CCL).

Red Lights and Scrambled Eggs

These two humorous stories about natural family planning (NFP) and family life were submitted to the Couple to Couple League International’s magazine, Family Foundations.

After our first NFP class, my husband referred to it as a reproductive game of “red light, green light.” We call Phase I and III “red light” and Phase II as having a “green light.” We often get the giggles in the car while waiting at a red light.