Dear "Fat" Girl,

This is to you.

Remember when you were younger? The rest of your friends and classmates were running around, speeding past you, but you were struggling to breathe and struggling to keep up with them? I do.

Or maybe you did not struggle like they did, but you still were not as small as them. You were not that perfect size--even at your young age. I did not struggle with that, as I was normally a little bigger than kids my age, but that is valid too.

Remember when you went to the store to try something on and realized that it was not going to fit you the way you hoped? The way you wanted it to? The way you craved it to? I do.

Remember when those kids started to make fun of you because you were still not as small as they were? They thought that it was cool to be mean and to tell you that you were not good enough. I remember that too.

Dear "fat" girl: please know that this has nothing to do with you. Those boys and those girls who are being mean to you do not deserve your tears.

Dear "fat" girl: if your parents are the ones making you feel this way, please do not listen to them. Do not let them ruin your confidence in yourself before it has a chance to grow.

Dear "fat" girl, I am one of you. I have written about it before in some earlier articles. The hatred and bullying that I dealt with as a child. The teasing that was incessant and never really went away until I got to high school (and not until after my freshman year). Even then though, I am not sure it ever ended.

Dear "fat" girl: these people who tease you and make fun of you are not worth your time. These people who think that you are not good enough are the ones who are not good enough for you. Sweetheart, you are good enough.

Whether you are a size 3 or a size 3x. Whether you have big boobs and a decent backside or barely anything at all: you are good enough.

I know we grow up in a society that teaches us that smaller is more beautiful. And I know that we as a society are working on that, but those people who are going to knock you down will always exist. No matter what you do someone is going to think there is something wrong with you. Spoiler alert: unless you are just a horrible person there is nothing wrong with you.

Dear "fat" girl: you are absolutely stunning. You have a wonderful personality and a beautiful soul, and your future is bright. You are the one who decides if you need a change. If you want a change, you do it for you. Do not do it for that boy or girl you want to like you. Do not do it to please your parents.

Do things for you. You are beautiful. You are worthy. You are loved. Everything that you are feeling and that you want is valid. You are valid.

Dear "Fat" Girl,

I have been you since I was a child. I love who I am, and I hope that you do too.