Abraham Lincoln seems to be everywhere down here. His birth place and boyhood home are not far from Lexington. Mary Lincoln Todd’s birthplace and home are within a block or so of our condo. Mom and I went to the Lexington Public Library this afternoon and in their Gallery, there was a display of Lincoln’s presidential history. He is highly thought of as a president for the abolition of slavery. It seems, though, he struggled in his personal life. Mom was telling me that he and Mary were an odd match and that he might have been happier being a country lawyer. It also is clear he wasn’t necessarily happy being married to her. He was quoted today on one of the carved pieces of art in Berea as saying, “Marriage isn’t heaven or hell. It’s purgatory.”