Lynn Smith

Whenever you get that next no, or you get that you're not a right fit, or I'm not your person, all of those disappointing things in our lives, know that on the other side of that is the destination, and the journey is so much better.

Once you get there, having gone through it.

And I just could not now be more proud that this book is out, but could not be more grateful for what I had to go through to get to this point because I grew a lot.

The message is so much better because of it.

The story is better.

The illustrator is better because I waited for the right publishing house.

Everything's better because I went through that.

So I hope that can be a source of inspiration for anyone that's listening, that's feeling in that spot right now, the version of rejection.

Keep going, baby.

I promise you it works.

Thank you, John.

So the three words, just keep going, came from a text message that I got from a very close friend of mine when I was going through an incredibly hard time in my life in my early 30s.

And she just texted me, just keep going.

And it wasn't, you're going to be OK.

It wasn't, you're fine.

None of those things help.

That really helped.

And we wanted it to be a mouse because it's like that little mighty mouse.

It's like the little one that could.

And it represents there's a mouse in all of us.