Sometimes my Grandma would say .. "Well, you know how difficult it is to make both ends meet; to keep body and soul together."
   Grandpa, neighbors, friends, family would nod and agree that they did in fact know.

         I on the other hand had no idea. I didn't even know what a soul was. I was taught to pray

 Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray thee Lord my soul to keep.
 If I should die before I wake, I pray thee Lord, my soul to take.

     I think Grandma prayed for my awakening.