broken

Yesterday I realized I had something that was broken. It was broken into a thousand a little pieces. So many pieces that it was impossible to fix alone. I needed help lots of help. Thank goodness I have husband who is willing to help me piece things back together. So slowly but surely we are glueing it back together. But now I have several questions or realizations - this thing will never be the same again - it will now always have cracks and chips that represent the broken state it was once in - and will it every be as stong as it used to be? - does the glue make the item stronger or weaker? - I am afraid to, yet anticipating finding out