Mary Godwin

“I just came out of a really hard two years of feeling super directionless and really hopeless. I just didn’t understand my worth at all; I was so low. Then I took an institute class at the Institute building on campus, and one of the lessons was on grace. Just understanding that self-worth wasn’t something you gained by merit—it’s just something that is—completely changed my life. It helped me understand how to give myself more grace. And if I didn’t understand that until I was an adult, how many children, how many parents of children, don’t understand that yet?

“So that’s what this book is about. It’s a book about grace, because I’m hoping that if children can understand from a young age that they have innate worth—that they don’t have to do anything to earn—then they can focus more on what fulfills them and grow up more intentional, just happier.”