Everything seems to be taking new shape this year, by force. It has been a jarring, stunning, smacking year so far in 2026. It has been a layered smoothie of defeat, resiliency, fear and hope. Trying to make sense of nonsense. Trying to stay grounded in the noise. Trying to care for myself, too.

 

I'm starting to learn that this may be just how life goes. To be alive, fully anyway, is to include the despair and pain of being human. But my goodness it includes the beauty and joy, too, doesn't it? Always co-mingling, intersecting, interweaving. 

 

We are based in Minneapolis, and I am both stunned and inspired about what happened here with the federal government. We are a jewelry company, and our studio was heavily burglarized earlier this month, and yet I still cannot believe we've grown to a point that we'd be worth burglarizing. My family and I found an issue in our house that required gutting our kitchen down to the studs that same weekend, and thankfully, we'll get a new kitchen out of the ashes of the problem.

 

It is a constant both/and, and moving duality. Some days I can't find the lessons in the challenges, and some days they're so clear that I notice them instantly. 

To avoid the pain of all these things would be to stand still. And if I'm ignoring the pain, I'm likely not noticing all of the beauty and light that pours in from the cracks of each experience. All I can do is respond, over and over again, in a way that fits who I am, who I aim to be, how I want to live my life among the people around me. It is this approach, over and over and over again, that helps me keep going. That helps me practice getting better and better at continuing.

 

For many months we've been working on brand new locket designs to share with you, but I'm afraid they were taken in the burglary. I hope their value is alchemized into something of value to someone who really needs it – like a roof over a child's head or food in hungry bellies. We'll probably never know.

 

Instead, we focus on what we can know. What we can do. Our new designs will be available just after Mother's Day this year, and we're so excited to share them with you. Teardrops and Rainbows and Bright Beautiful Bold Heart Lockets and more.

 

There is so much to be grateful for, so many things to look forward to. Thank you, as always, for being here with us at the Locket Sisters.

 

Allyssa