"Ok"Isaidtomydaughterasshebentoverherafternoonbowlofrice."What'sgoingonwithyouandyourfriendJ?"J.istheleaderofagroupofthird-gradersathercamp?apositionLucyherselfoccupiedtheprevioussummer.Nowshe'stheoneontheoutsandeverydayatsnacktimeshetellsmeallaboutitwhileIofferuptheunhelpfuladviceallsummerlong.

"She'sfondofgivingorders"Lucycomplained."She'sfat"Lucymumbled（含糊地说）intoherbowl"Wearegoingupstairs"Isaidmyvoicecold"Wearegoingtodiscussthis."Andupwewent.

I'dspentthenineyearssinceherbirthgettingreadyforthisdaythedaywe'dhavetohavetheconversationaboutthishorribleword.Iknewexactlywhattosaytothegirlonthereceivingendoftheteasing（嘲笑）butinallofmyimaginingsitneveronceoccurredtomethatmydaughterwouldbetheonewhousedtheFword-------Fat.

MydaughtersatonherbedandIsatbesideher.“Howwouldyoufeelifsomeonemadefunofyouforsomethingthatwasn'tyourfault?”Ibegan.“Shecouldstopeatingsomuch”Lucymumbledmouthingthesimpleadviceathousanddoctorsandwell-meaningfriendsandrelativeshavegivenoverweightwomenforyears．

"It'snotalwaysthateasy”Isaid.“Everyone'sdifferentintermsofhowtheytreatfood”Lucylookedatmewaitingformetogoon.Iopenedmymouth，thenclosedit.ShouldItellherthatinteasingawoman'sweightshe'sjoinedthelongproudtraditionofcriticswhogoafteranywomanwithwhomtheydisagreebystartingwith"you'reugly"andendingwith“nomanwouldwantyouandtheremustbesomethingwrongwithanymanwhodoes"？ShouldItellherIdidn'tcrywhensomeonepostedmypictureandcommented“I'msorrybutaren'tauthorswhowritebooksmarketedtoyoungwomensupposedtobepretty?”

Doessheneedtoknownowthatlifeisn'tfair?Ifeelhereyesonme，waitingforananswerIdon'thave.Wordsaremytools.Storiesaremyjob.It'spossibleshe'llrememberwhatIsayforeverandIhavenoideawhattosay.

SoItellhertheonlythingIcancomeupwiththatisabsolutelytrue．Isaytomydaughter“Iloveyou，andthereisnothingyoucouldeverdotomakemenotloveyou，ButI'mdisappointedinyourightnow.Thereareplentyofreasonsfornotlikingsomeone.Whatshelookslikeisn'toneofthem.”

Lucynods，tearsonhercheeks