Jennifer Weiner Shares a Letter For Her Daughters

By Maryann Yin 

Jennifer Weiner (GalleyCat)Writer Jennifer Weiner has contributed a piece to TIME magazine’s “Letters From Mom” series. This venture was organized in honor of Mother’s Day which is scheduled to take place on May 10th this year.

Weiner (pictured, via) shared a message for her two daughters, Lucy and Phoebe. She hopes that the two girls will realize that “you are so much more than your looks.” Over on Facebook, she posted a link to the piece and told her fans that she feels “proud of this one.”

Here’s an excerpt: “My prayer is that you’ll never lose sight of yourselves—all of yourselves. You are so much more than just your looks. Your bodies are perfect, perfectly made and perfectly sized. You don’t have to waste years of your life fighting against them, or trying to fit someone else’s idea of beautiful (especially if that person is taking your money and whispering snake-oil promises about how if you only stick to this diet/cleanse/fitness plan, if you only get this injection/operation/painful piece of shapewear, you’ll look the way you should). Love your bodies for what they can do.”