14K GOLD JOY | SORROW PENDANT hide-learn or grandkids you have to

or grandkids you have to the number of decades you've been married

long whiskers and terrifying spines

grins ever so slightly like the most unlikely Buddha

This hand-carved oyster has the words "the world is your" on its bottom edge and a small "pearl" on its inside

we know its silhouette as a hallmark of home

14K GOLD JOY | SORROW PENDANT hide-learn or grandkids you have toThere is an ancient saying that there are 10,000 joys and 10,000 sorrows. During our lives, we will all experience both, in more of a balance than most of us can bear to accept. At first, the thought went against everything Id learned from the fairytales I grew up with. A life half full of sorrow didnt sound very happily ever after to me. I had this notion that I should be working towards ALL JOY. That the goal was never to be sad or experience pain