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Ladybug, Ladybug: Keeping It Classy in a Buggy World

Compiled by Kari Hoglund Kounkel · 13 Chapters by 13 Women

Blooming into the world

Coming Soon

Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds

The Anthem

Ladybug, Ladybug

A song for the buggy ones

Composed with Suno  ·  audio only

The Book

Dignity and delight were
never supposed to be enemies.

This one's for every woman — the married, the single, and the ones stuck somewhere in the confusing middle we lovingly call The Halfsies.

There is room here for women who are thriving. Women who are rebuilding. Women who are exhausted, healing, becoming. Women who wear pearls and women who keep glue sticks, bobby pins, and cough drops floating in the bottom of their purse like a survival kit from a minor apocalypse.

You belong here too.

13 chapters. 13 flowers. 13 verses.
With plenty of space for you — because this was never a performance you watched from the audience. It's a table you joined.

Meet the Collaborators

13 Chapters. 13 Voices. 13 Flowers.

Each chapter reveals how one woman has navigated this buggy, buggy world. It starts with her verse and ends with her signature flower.

Chapter One · Trust
The Iris
The Iris
Iris Harris
Proverbs 31:25
Chapter Two · Think
The Marigold
The Marigold
Kari Hoglund Kounkel
Romans 12:2
Chapter Three · Act
The Sunflower
The Sunflower
Laurie Geisse
Proverbs 31:26
Chapter Four · Dress
The Rose
The Rose
Elizabeth West-Myers
1 Peter 3:3–4
Chapter Five · Speak
The Wildflower
The Wildflower
Lynn Dirkes
Ephesians 4:29
Chapter Six · Wait
The Lily
The Lily
Emily Kounkel
Lamentations 3:25–26
Chapter Seven · Walk
The Daisy
The Daisy
Jill Rosnow
Micah 6:8
Chapter Eight · Heal
The Lotus
The Lotus
Aprilynn Mauer
Psalm 147:3
Chapter Nine · Hope
The Forget-Me-Not
The Forget-Me-Not
Amy Theisen Walz
Romans 15:13
Chapter Ten · Work
The Violet
The Violet
April Beachem
Colossians 3:23–24
Chapter Eleven · Shine
The Morning Glory
The Morning Glory
Nicole Kounkel
Matthew 5:14–16
Chapter Twelve · Build
The Poppy
The Poppy
Zona Gutzwiller
Proverbs 14:1
Chapter Thirteen · You
The Thirteenth flower is you.
Pick the flower. Tell the story. You belong.
1 Peter 2:9
Download the Flower Packet 🌸 Print it. Plant it. Make it yours.

The Cast

Meet the Legacy Ladies

Five voices who wander through the pages like holy aunties — opinions, lipstick, emotional-support casseroles, and the audacity to tell you the truth.

Junebug McGrath
Junebug McGrath
Micah 6:8
Meera Patel
Meera Patel
Proverbs 31:25
Charlene DuBois
Charlene DuBois
James 5:12
Trixie Ramone
Trixie Ramone
Matthew 5:16
LaToya Buchanan
LaToya Buchanan
Ephesians 6:10–11

The Rhythm

What's inside every chapter

Soil & Seed
The teaching — where the truth gets planted.
Ladybug Landing
A true story from a real woman's life.
Aphid Alley
Where ladybugs hunt pests — and so do you.
Bug-Off Box™
Sanctified rebellion with props and glitter.
Ladybug Lesson
The one thing to carry into the week.

From the Legacy Ladies

Ladybug Wisdom

Wisdom drops throughout the book — 43 cards across 13 chapters. Five voices, one garden. Watch them drift by, or hover to pause. 🪲

Junebug · Trust Trixie · Trust LaToya · Trust Junebug · Think Meera · Think Charlene · Think Trixie · Think Junebug · Act Meera · Act Charlene · Act Meera · Dress Trixie · Dress Junebug · Speak Charlene · Speak LaToya · Speak Meera · Wait Trixie · Wait LaToya · Wait Junebug · Walk Meera · Walk Charlene · Walk Meera · Heal Charlene · Heal Trixie · Heal LaToya · Heal Junebug · Hope Meera · Hope Trixie · Hope LaToya · Hope Junebug · Work Meera · Work Charlene · Work LaToya · Work Junebug · Shine Charlene · Shine Trixie · Shine LaToya · Shine Junebug · Build Meera · Build Charlene · Build Trixie · Build Trixie · Sparkle LaToya · Sparkle

From the anthem

Don’t you fly away.

You were built to stay.

Free Companion

The Ladybug Garden Kit

A free printable to walk the book one bloom at a time — the Manifesto, the thirteen flowers, and a pot to plant them in. Finish a chapter, plant a flower. The thirteenth flower is you.

The fully bloomed Ladybug Garden — twelve flowers plus a thirteenth outline for you to fill in
1
Print it — cardstock if you have it, copy paper works just fine.
2
Cut out the pot and the twelve flowers.
3
Finish a chapter, add that flower to your pot — however you like to build.
13
The thirteenth flower is you. Draw it, paint it, press a real one — then show us what you grew.
Download the Garden Kit 🌸

We’d Love to See What You Grew

Show us your garden

When your garden is complete — or your story is ready — send it our way. Your bloom might be the one that encourages the next lady still finding her petals.

Share your story →

Read by a real human. Featured only if you say yes.

The Series

Things I Didn’t Tell You

Thirteen days. Thirteen quiet confessions. The sideways-honest series running alongside the launch — the things that didn’t make the book.

1May 18Apparently the Soul Can Go Into Airplane Mode 2May 19Why I Keep Buying Notebooks Like Salvation is Spiral-Bound 3May 20Some Interests Are Calling. Some Are Just Curiosity Wearing a Clever Costume 4May 21The Emotional Support Rotisserie Chicken 5May 22I Think God Understands Weird Women Very Well 6May 23The Tyranny of Tiny Decisions 7May 24I Miss Bookstores the Way Some People Miss Exes 8May 25The Problem with Being “The Strong One” 9May 26My Nervous System Thinks Email is a Bear Attack 10May 27Why I Rearrange Furniture When My Brain Gets Loud 11May 28The Deeply Spiritual Experience of Throwing Something Away 12May 29What Sobriety Feels Like After the Applause Dies Down 13May 30Anyway, I Survived Another Friday

For Hosts & Group Leaders

Bring the Ladybugs to your ladies.

A women's day, a retreat, a Sunday-school cap-off, a fundraiser. Every guest leaves with the book + a Bug-Off Box she decorated herself.

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Pick your time window, pick what fits, and Kari follows up within 48 hours.

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