Abraham vs. Thomas

[L Verge]

As I have stated many times, I know very little about Lincoln the Man and how he came to be what he was. All of the above comments seem rational and correct in forming Lincoln's actions later in life. However, as a parent and now a grandparent of a 12-year-old, I love Donna's description of what Thomas Lincoln must have felt.

I too grew up in a farming environment. By the time I came along, we were lucky enough to have tenants on the two farms that my grandmother and mother managed, but we still had a garden and chickens; my grandmother still made butter; and both females sewed. My father was away much of the time with the military.

My daughter now copes as a single mother, and I have to say that, as wonderful as my grandson is, he is more inclined to reading and playing than he is to manual labor. He can certainly frost his mother's buns at times! And, I remember thinking she was lazy at times - as my mother thought I was.