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Taylor Godwin, 7, is one cookie who doesn’t crumble.
The Girl Scout, battling pituitary dwarfism and epilepsy, is the smallest in her troop but has sold the largest number of cookies. She’s already peddled more than 1,500 boxes — 1,275 of which got donated to U.S. service members as part of the Girl Scouts of North East Ohio’s “Operation: Sweet Appreciation” campaign.
Taylor, a second-grader who favors art class, shows her appreciation by sending her customers thank-you cards with a picture of herself.
To what does she attribute her sweet sales success? Hard work.
“I tried my hardest,” Taylor told TODAY.com.
Blizzards and snowstorms in her corner of the world — Willoughby, Ohio, on Lake Erie — didn’t stop Taylor from selling Samoas (although her mom got sick and couldn’t drive her at times).
Taylor also knows how to get down to business. When she returns home from school, she’s eager to start selling cookies. Touting Samoas and Thin Mints has honed her social skills and taught her how to deal with rejection.
“We get told no a lot. It taught her to deal with that: Being disappointed and taking it with a smile on her face,” her mom said. “Sometimes people only donate one box, but it’s one more she didn’t have.”
Standing 3 feet 8 inches tall, Taylor is just like any kid, but her illness presents some unique dangers. Last year, a scooter collision during gym left her with a concussion, a skull fracture and her eyes swollen shut — forcing Taylor to cut her first Girl Scout cookie season short. She missed a month of school.
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