My angel mother

[Donna McCreary]

Rob, that is a lovely and moving tribute to your mother. Mine is now 76 years old, and we talk every day. She always tells me her goal in life is to make me laugh every day. She is succesful.
To answer the question about "my angel mother," I think Lincoln was referring to Nancy. When we look at the Victorian language, the word "angel" seems to imply the person is deceased. Mary referred to her boys as many things, but only as her "angel boys" upon their deaths.