Happy Left Handers Day!

Larry, Oil 11 x 14
He is a lefty!

August 13, Monday, is International Left Handers Day. We know a few left handed people, but the one nearest and dearest to our hearts is son, Larry. Happy Left Handers Day, Larry!

Papi Jim is left handed, too. Larry is named after him, so perhaps that is why he is left handed. :) Roger, my brother-in-law, is ambidextrous, so we will count him, too.

You righties may never think about the difficulties encountered when you are left handed. The most obvious to me is writing. I wondered why lefties hold a pencil so strangely. Duh, it is to be able to see what they are writing, their hand covers it up otherwise. Using scissors is difficult and many, many more things.

Cameras are right handed, too. Check out Larry's great photos!

When Larry started playing golf in Bolivia, we didn't have any left handed clubs. The pro said that when you play right handed it helps to have strength in your left arm, so if Larry didn't feel awkward, he should go ahead and try playing right handed. He still does, and plays very, very well.

Way back when, we bought him some spiral notebooks that were bound on the opposite side of the page, it helped out when doing schoolwork that had to be turned in in the notebooks.

Larry, we hope you have a good Left Handers Day! And, also the rest of the Lefties out there!