Fixing a Broken Armiore door

                     Bang! Went the Cabinet Door
                       
                  Before
                    
                   After

Bang! Thump, thump, thump and dull thud …..five seconds later, crying.  I squeeze my eyes closed.  I pull off my rubber gloves and set them down on the counter by the sink.  I can tell by the cry, no one is seriously hurt.  I pick our youngest up from the floor and hold him while he cries.  While I am holding him, I am feeling around on his head for lumps, checking for cuts or breaks.  Thankfully I discover that the only thing that hurts is his bottom.  My other children then describe for me what happened. Our youngest used the cabinet as a climbing wall then decided to swing from the cabinet door like Spiderman.  It didn’t work out for our youngest or the cabinet door.  I start to look around at the rubble on the floor, then at the cabinet that was used as a tall building.  Most of the cabinet door was lying scattered across the floor in chunks.

I start thinking,

“Well, I might be able to glue it back together again. But it sure can’t take another attempt from little Peter Parker again. Well, what have I got to lose by giving it a try.”

I start gathering pieces of the cabinet door.  Over a period of about two weeks I put the door back together. It is not the same as it was before but it is better than a missing cabinet door. I am sure I would feel more confident of the repairs if I had used wood glue instead of Up & Up glue. However, my Great Grandmother Winnie Mac Daniel used to say “Use it up, wear it out, do with, or do without.”