Relationship Writing Prompts

Creating a healthy relationship with yourself and others leads to a fulfilling life. These prompts are an invitation to step inside yourself. Take a deep breath. Shuffle the deck. Pull a card. Write your heart out. Rupi Kaur

Yesterday, I checked the mail and found my latest Rupi Kaur’s Writing Prompts. I expect these to be my least favorite, but we shall see. I hope to respond to these cards once a week. Then I also ordered a Writing Down the Bones Deck by Natalie Goldberg as I thought it may be fun.

Only time will tell what these prompts will bring. I hope you will enjoy them as much as I hope to. Now on to the prompts.

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Healthy relationships are easy when you are good with the world and the world is good with you. What the hell does that mean? Right off the top of my head this morning when reading the top lines from Rupi Kaur.

Believe

there is

good in the world

When I think about the above it does make a huge difference with where my attitude is and what I believe. Just because something happened before does not mean it will happen again. And just because it hasn’t happened yet doesn’t mean it will never happen.

Keeping a positive attitude today makes all the difference in creating healthy relationships that will last into the future. And a fulfilling life is the result.

Rupi Kaur’s Relationship Writing Prompts — Write a letter to a parent or guardian about something you haven’t had a chance to share with them.

Dear Mom, I miss you all of the time. It has been 15 years since you left me. Yes, I believe you left me. I know you said you didn’t want to be alive when your children died. I know you somehow knew Carrie was ill and would die soon. That was tough to deal with her being sick only weeks after you died.

And for her to die, one year after you. One day before it would be a year. Not fair to leave me with all of that. I know I am tough and have the support of many loving, caring people, but still, it was not easy and still isn’t.

You two were my biggest cheerleaders and no one else can fill that role for me. Most of what I learned about our Native American culture came from you. Thank you for that. It has helped me to know what happens when and to know things that only a few know about life.

Accepting the gifts has been one of the things that has been stronger for me since you died. I would have wanted to talk to you about all of this. You had gifts that I didn’t understand were gifts at one time. Like one of mine, I thought everyone had that.

Miigwech nimama iban💗

Rupi Kaur’s Relationship Writing Prompts — What lessons have you learned from past romantic relationships that you will carry with you to the next?

From my first few. A good kisser does not make a good partner. First marriage, at seventeen, I was too damn young to get married. Second marriage, raising children alone isn’t all that bad. Don’t be too quick to jump into the next marriage after a breakup.

Third marriage can be the charm until it comes to being opposites in politics. Ugly. I used to tell my mother when she asked if I would try to catch Elizabeth Taylor in marriages, "If I live long enough, I may!" Liz was married seven or eight times. I am still only on number three.

No, I think three is enough. Besides that, I don’t believe I will outlast my husband. My daughter works in assisted living and oversees six buildings, and she says she will always have a spot for me.

Then what is important with this is I only know one person who got married in a nursing home. My adopted mom friend, and my kids adopted grandma. She was taken off her bipolar medication and found herself a man to marry in the nursing home.

Rupi Kaur’s Relationship Writing Prompts — Describe a sexual fantasy you want to experience with a partner.

I am seventy

Really, sweety?

Maybe just woes

Okay, here goes

How about those

orgasms from head to toes?

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First published by Mercury Press on medium.com