“What a relief to discover that the aches I thought were mine alone are also felt by so many others” – page 136, home body.
This past year has been difficult for me. Between yet another wedding postponement, cancelled bachelorette parties, loss of family members to Covid, and a surprising falling out with close friends, things have been rough. In these moments I find myself retreating and unable to fully communicate with those closest to me about the grief or sadness I may hold. But there’s one thing that has always been there for me – global sensation Rupi Kaur’s poetry.
When I was going through my first heartbreak, I gravitated towards Kaur’s 2015 anthology Milk and Honey.
“She is water; soft enough to offer life tough enough to drown it away,” I would remind myself through tears.
I pre-ordered Kaur’s The Sun and Her Flowers when I was trying to figure out my career aspirations and trying to make my own biggirl decisions.
“You do not just wake up and become the butterfly – growth is a process.” This became my mantra.
At this stage, while I am trying to find my place in society while embracing change, home body, Kaur’s most recent collection about the lessons she learned about love, loss, migration, and healing miraculously entered my life. And most uniquely.
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