Typing is another two-handed skill that served my lefty son well. We get nostalgic about cursive, but it didn't work for everyone.
> On Sep 25, 2025, at 5:43 PM, rvlemire--- via Lincoln > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I did not see Eric Snyder's original Lincoln Talk submission but want to add > my thoughts about being left handed. > > I am a 89 year old lefty so have had vast experience being left handed. My > mother did everything to teach me to be left handed in everything I learned. > I am fortunate that she taught me to write correctly. > > Looking back, however, I wish she had let me learn two handed things as a > 'righty'. For example, I learned to knit right handed but it is a two handed > skill. Left handed people learn to play the piano like the right handed. > So, please let the 'lefty' learn new two handed skills as if they are right > handed. I think they will be happy they did. > > Virginia Lemire > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. >
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