{"id":23539,"date":"2021-01-05T20:03:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T00:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/?p=23539"},"modified":"2021-01-11T21:13:27","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T01:13:27","slug":"rupi-kaur-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shortform.com\/blog\/rupi-kaur-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Rupi Kaur: Mother Modeled Love and Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Who is Rupi Kaur&#8217;s mother? How does her relationship with her mother inform the poetry of Rupi Kaur?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To Rupi Kaur, her mother was the one who represented love and strength. Her mother gave her advice on relationships and showed her the power of motherhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more about Rupi Kaur, her mother, and the lessons learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rupi Kaur: Mother Symbolized Power<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As Kaur got older, she began to discover the true meaning of love. <strong>Though her trauma initially created significant obstacles, she began to break down those barriers through her recognition of the power of mothers and her first significant relationship.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When her mother was pregnant with her sister, Kaur asked how her mother had gotten so large so quickly. Her father explained that a woman\u2019s body is the closest thing to God on earth because it produces life. <strong>This revelation made Kaur see the female body as powerful for the first time in her life.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When she was young, Kaur struggled to understand how a mother could focus all of her love and energy into a child without expecting anything in return. She couldn\u2019t relate to it, but she was intrigued by it. <strong>She looked to her loving mother for guidance, especially when it came to love. <\/strong>When discussing romantic relationships, her mother insisted that she marry the type of man that Kaur would be proud to have as a son.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Heartbreak and Mixed Emotions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While her first serious relationship started in a strong place, it deteriorated over the years. She stayed in the relationship for a while because she believed they could solve their differences. When the strains of her relationship began to surface, Kaur\u2019s mother told her that she could do better. To Rupi Kaur, her mother&#8217;s advice was unwanted at first. Kaur jumped to her lover\u2019s defense. <strong>She believed that their love would be able to endure the issues they were facing.<\/strong> She thought that she would never experience love with anyone else in the way that she experienced it with him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, they ultimately couldn\u2019t salvage their relationship. This resulted in a nasty breakup that caused a variety of emotions to surface.<strong> <\/strong>He said that if the universe wanted them to be together, they would get back together. Kaur rejected this premise. She knew that relationships could only thrive if both parties wanted them to. 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