You are not alone, just remember that the next time you have a favorite piece of Pyrex break. It has happened to everyone, from Paris Hilton to your bank teller. While it can be a heart rendering experience regardless of your income level, it doesn't have to be. Pyrex breakage can be a time of celebration, a moment to reflect on the life of that bowl, plate or casserole and to remember the good times with the bad.
Just this morning, I was removing a stack of Pyrex bowls from the cupboard in preparation to make the chocolate mini cupcakes you can read about on bigYELLOWbowl and realized that a disaster had occured. The medium-sized olive green mixing bowl, mid-way down the stack, had a giant piece missing from it. Could this travesty have been prevented? Probably. I didn't have to have so many bowls stacked together and this one, actually a Fire King piece* in a highly desirable shape and color, most likely had too much pressure on it from the convential shaped bowls in the stack. But, in situations like this, it's often the first reaction to blame yourself, to heap all of the sadness and anger you are feeling right back on your own head. It doesn't have to be that way.
Most urban communities, and many rural ones, have chapters forming of a national organization you should know about so that you are prepared when this happens to you. And make no mistake, it will happen to you. American Broken Kitchen Glass Support Network of America is an umbrella organization that can connect you with a local group who can listen to your experience, tell you about theirs, and offer support in your time of need. I can only say that from my own personal experience with broken Pyrex, that without ABKGSNA I wouldn't be here today. Without the friendships I have made in my own local chapter, friendships that I know will carry me throughout my life, I wouldn't have made it through the multiple tragedies they have enabled me to endure.
So today, when you sitting there reading this post and thinking, "Broken Pyrex can't happen to me," remember that it can. You can't always prevent it, but you can prepare for it by joining a local chapter of ABKGSNA and by giving your time and money to support their national iniatives.
Do it today, for yourself and for your community. Join ABKGSNA.
*I use Pyrex as a overarching term for all pieces including those by Fire King, Glassbake, and others. While ABKGSNA uses a more general term, I feel the word Pyrex, like Kleenex, is one the general public more easily recognizes.