Thank goodness we can all make our own choices.
For me, I will continue to choose to wear a seat belt, to wear steel-toed shoes at work, and to strap my young daughter into her car seat.
Once it is restored, I will try to keep my bow from further damage, in any way I can. I plan to continue to use it, daily. I am very fortunate to own such a bow; my recent experience nearly destroying it, through my own thoughtlessness, has simply provided a clear wake-up call. It may be that nobody besides me needs such a warning...
My hope, in starting this thread, was to underscore the frailty of such precious things (including, apparently, my short-term memory
). It is my wish that the discussion may help someone else from making such a grotesque error.