Good thing the kids can unbuckle themselves
Monday, February 15th, 2010It’s really frustrating in some ways, adjusting to my new reality, shooting myself in the thigh with powerful drugs (yay for auto poker sticker things as I don’t think I could handle REAL needles), or making the kids do stuff I can’t, or reaching for scissors instead of tearing bags open.
And in a weird twist, my non-dominant hand is becoming my dominant hand for a number of new tasks. Very weird to go “lefty” after all these years. Luckily I spent time doing it for fun.
I write cursive like a third grader on good days – with my left hand. On bad days I don’t bother. The ability to write left handed came in handy when it was time for my eldest to learn to write; we could write at the same pace and our letters looked similar enough to discourage frustration at how much better mom’s handwriting is. (more…)