You know there's a day for everything, right... er, correct? Well today is Left Handers Day. As a lefty, I've learned to do some things with my right hand by necessity (I've never owned left handed scissors) and some things I was taught to do right handed (my right handed brothers taught me how to hold a baseball bat.) Just about everything else I do left handed.
Approximately 10% of the population is left handed. There are many lists of famous left handers. Benjamin Franklin, Albert Einstein, Michelangelo, Ronald Reagan, and Beethoven were all lefties.
I come by my left handedness honestly. Mom was a lefty. She had beautiful hand writing and taught me how to place my paper at a diagonal to avoid smearing.
Grandma Luella, Mom's mom, also was a lefty. She is obviously the one who taught Mom how to turn the paper to avoid smearing!
And we have a fourth generation lefty - my niece, Krysten! At family meals we try to sit next to each other so we aren't constantly banging elbows.
I'm sure there are advantages and disadvantages to which ever hand is dominate, but it's pretty cool being able to hold Les' left hand with my right hand and we both have are strong hands free!
Anyone else left handed?
