A few months ago, I received an email from a girl named Ally Marks.

Ally explained to me that she is a student at Smith College, and as part of an assignment, she wanted to “write” a Dear Body letter while videotaping it.  In doing research on the project, she came across the Letters To My Body website, and asked me for permission in featuring some of the content on the site.  I was unsure at first about saying ‘yes’ to something like this, but this statement by Ally is what swayed me to agree:

“I really want to connect my story with other peoples’ stories as well as bring more attention to body issues and eating disorders that does not serve to glamorize or victimize like the media tends to do.”

Since this very statement sums up the reason why I decided to start Letters To My Body in the first place, I agreed.

Within a couple of weeks, I received another email from Ally letting me know that she had finished the video, and providing a link so that I could watch it.  Life took over, and I didn’t have an opportunity to watch the video until this morning. 

Now, I wish that I didn’t wait so long.

This video is approximately 5 minutes long, and I had chills the entire time.  The video is beautifully produced and thoughtful.  Ally says so many things, without speaking even a word.

If you watch only one video online this year, please let it be this one…