Koogler Ventures

Grief Chop The 5 stages of Grief are: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance.  I (Amy) would like to add a 6th stage - Control. Whatever events in our lives that creates grief, most times it is out of our control. It’s a scary place to feel lost and vulnerable, even more so if one believes there is an enemy on this earth whose job is to kill, steal and destroy us, especially when we are grieving. This is my story of current grief and journey to healing.  My husband Brad and I have been married 8 years, during that time we have struggled with infertility. I have PCOS which creates a hormone imbalance and is the leading cause of female infertility. Brad has low testosterone that for him equaled zero sperm count. We love the fact that we are both infertile, there isn’t just one person to blame which in an odd way is comforting. We have laughed, cried and bonded together in this fact and that the Lord would have us together for this journey. We stopped tryi...

On behalf of the Kooglers, welcome to our site. You may have found this blog because you know us or  know someone who knows us… or possibly a Google algorithm, random Facebook share, or pure  serendipity. Regardless of how you found us, Amy and I are glad you are here.  Especially if this is your first time here, I wanted to give you a bit of an overview of what to expect while  perusing our site: First, our life’s mission, as we have recently discovered it, is to help people become the best version of  themselves. Therefore, the content is rich with little life lessons that we have learned and full of topics that  may also be difficult to discuss… or things people don’t normally talk about. It is our hope, that by taking  that difficult first step towards discussion and dialogue, we can create opportunities for others to build off our topics and talk about them with their own spouses and friends.  Secondly, because there ...