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Bakw
April 16, 2018

"Daughter" Birthday card

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A birthday card for our daughter. It opens left to right instead of the traditional right to left. It is not a mistake, it was done on purpose. Amy is left-handed. I thought she would get a kick out of a 'left-handed' card. When she was in school I had to buy her, among other things, a pair of left-handed scissors. She still has them.

My dad grew up in a time when left-handed people, for some reason, were not tolerated and teachers tried to change left-handed children into right-handed children. Thankfully times have changed. But one time when Amy was very small, perhaps three, my parents were visiting. Amy was at the table coloring and dad saw she was using her left hand and took the crayon from her and put it in her right hand.

Amy just sat here and looked at the crayon not knowing what to do. I told her she could change hands but she was still confused so I took the crayon from her right hand and put it on the table in front of her and told her to go on and color. She looked up at me and smiled, picked up the crayon – with her left hand, and continued to color.

I've never found out why it was taboo to be left-handed.


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