<p>I moved back into my dorm today and my mom and grandma sent a microwaveable bowl with lid down with me. The stupid thing broke in transit. Into three pieces i might add. I guess i’ll have to use something else until i find a replacement.</p>
<p>I’m sort of down over it. It was one of the ones my grandma would use occasionally.</p>
<p>Anyone got anything to cheer me up?</p>
<p>As a mom, I would say I bet your family is breathing easier now that YOU have made it safely back to campus! Don’t stress about material things. They can be replaced.</p>
<p>I’m sorry your bowl didn’t make it back to campus in one piece, especially since it was one from your grandma. I’m sure she would be happier to have you there safely than the bowl.</p>
<p>Great CC post.</p>
<p>Oh, I almost forgot… {{{{{HUGS}}}}}</p>
<p>Hey see it as a really GOOD experience. We grow so much from experiences, especially the painful ones. Here is a chance to go through the feelings and get over something like a broken object. As others have said, it can be replaced! In the big scheme of things, it is not important like your health, your family, or even objects with longterm bigtime sentimental associations.</p>
<p>One trick I find works for me is ask yourself “will I remember this a year from now?” and even if the answer is yes, “will I care that much?” I find its it’s quite amazing that so many of the things that whip me up or out on a given day are ones I later can’t even recall a month, let alone a year later. Time creates perspective (and its why us older folks find things not so stressful perhaps because our time horizon with memory is longer).</p>
<p>only 3 pieces? I would try crazy glue!</p>
<p>Actually, most adhesives are not supposed to be used on cookware, especially things you’re going to put at high heat (llike microwaves). We broke things & carefully read the labels trying to figure out what adhesive we could use & had a hard time finding any suitable. Maybe a cooking store might have a suggestion on a safe adhesive you could use. H finally DID find an adhesive that was safe for a cover of a ceramic smoker he loves that cracked.</p>