Laura Godwin: Hello, my name is Laura Godwin. Actually my whole name is Laura Ruth Godwin. When I was little I didn't like to tell anyone what my middle name was because I didn't think Ruth was a very good middle name. When I was older I found one of those books that tells you what names mean. When I looked up Ruth in that book, I found that it meant good friend. Once I had the meaning behind the name, I decided that having the middle name Ruth wasn't such a bad thing after all.