Ilse Sharing Her Life and Stories of Being in a POW Internment Camp in WW2

Ilse is a friend of mine. She lived near a friend of mine and when I was serving in a leadership role in my congregation, I visited her a few times. 

Later, as her sight failed, she had a hard time seeing if her home was clean. She would do what she could but several women in the church got together and deep cleaned her home and I gave her my number telling her to call me if she needed anything. 

She had dogs and two of the three passed away soon after that and she asked me to help her take her remaining dog to the groomer so I loaded them up and took them to get groomed. With her eyesight getting worse and living alone, her family decided to have her live with family so they moved her to another city to live with a nephew but he had small children so it was hard for her being so far from her son and living with babies so she moved back into town.

I didn't know about her moving back into town and was SO happy this morning to get a call from a friend asking if I would be able to take Ilse home after our main church meeting. I was so happy to know she was back. 

Years ago when helping her, I would ask her questions about her life and found out that she was held in interment camps and her father and brothers were in prisoner of war camps / prison. She lived in the camp for four years from age 12 to 16. 


I asked her if I could video tape her story as I found it so interesting and I tried to ask her questions to get her talking. I was so interested in how the war affected her life and that of her family. One of her brothers was killed when a torpedo hit his ship while he was in the Navy and her brother-in-law died due to lack of food and stress. 

She shared that they would be fed red rice with vegetables twice a day and she couldn't digest it so they planted sweet potatoes as things grew well in the climate there and she ate sweet potatoes for four years straight and ended up getting Beriberi due to lack of vitamins in her diet and swelled up. 

 After the war she was shipped as a refuge to Holland and they lived with her aunt because Holland had been flattened due to bombings. After a month they found and moved into a one bedroom apartment for the entire family. They lost everything during the war.  

I thought it was amazing that she has lived such a long and prosperous life having had such trauma in the middle of her teen years. 

Hearing her story makes me so grateful to live in the United States and during a time when we haven't had war on our soil and that we have all been able to attend school and I have never had to go without food. I pray that my children will never know the suffering and struggles that so many had to endure due to the wars. 

I am grateful to have the opportunity to know Ilse and learn about her life and see how she was able to overcome that and immigrate to the US. She is such a sweet and loving woman and at nearly 90 she is so alert and her memory is better than mine. I think there is so much we can learn from those who have gone before. 

I am blessed to have the chance to video her as I was so sad I missed that opportunity before. I suggest you take the time to interview your family members asking them the questions that you may want to know after they have passed on. I was grateful to be able to do that with my father recently this past Valentines Day. Here is a link to that post. 

Have a Blessed Day! 

Teaching Idea on Talents in a Group Setting - Makes You Feel Good

I had a friend teach a class in Sunday School at our church and she did this fun idea for her class. It was an adult class, but we all really enjoyed it and felt so good about ourselves after the class that I thought I would share the idea with you. 

She gave everyone a paper and pencil and asked them to write down their talents that they feel God gave them when they were born. Things that were easy for them or that they felt they did well or were just something effortless that others may struggle with. 

Some people numbered their lists, I found that I rarely number my lists as I usually just make lists of things I need to do and they aren't in any order of when or how they need to be done, they just all need to be done so I may do the fifth thing on the list first so I rarely number my lists and found that many of the others in the room did number theirs. It was just an interesting observation on my part showing how different people think...

I wrote down things that I feel I do well but didn't feel that I do any one of these things better than another so maybe that is why I didn't number them either as maybe in my mind that was giving more importance to one talent over another. 

Once everyone had their talents listed, she then had each person in the room list off two of their strongest talents. Then she had others in the room share what talents we thought that person had. I had something to share about each individual as I have known many of them for 20 years. It was interesting that they listed off things that we may have not known about them and we shared things we thought were talents that they hadn't thought of.... 

Of course, some of the compliments make people blush as in our society it isn't polite to just tell people what we love about them in a public setting unless someone is getting an award or something. I found that after we shared what we thought were there talents, they would ponder on it and then nod their head in agreement but usually with a "I hadn't thought of that" look on their faces 

We were running out of time when I got my turn as we all shared on each person so I just read off the top two things on my list and we moved to the last guy and just before the closing prayer, a woman jumped in and came back to me and said, "You have raised such wonderful girls, they are so kind to others, always looking for ways to help those in need and they are so non-judgmental, you have done a good job and being a good mom is one of your talents. 

I thanked her and the meeting ended, but I noticed that everyone left the meeting with a smile on their faces. I think sometimes we just need to hear positive, and what we are doing right, as so many times people focus on what we aren't doing right. It was a self esteem building exercise and made us all feel good and let us know how others see us in interactions. It was nice. 

I thought it would be a great lesson for girl scouts, boy scouts - bears, wolf, cub groups especially. Also young men and women's groups, church youth groups, school groups and primary aged groups and any class where the people know each other well. Maybe even in prison groups as they really could use some positives in their lives. Prisoners would probably really enjoy this exercise. 

I am grateful to my friend that felt inspired to use this for the lesson as it was such a positive for all involved. 

Have a Blessed and Talent Filled Day! 

Link Between Low Iodine States - Suicide Rates - Lung Damage - Leukemia - Horsehair Nematomorpha Parasite

A few months back, my chiropractor sent me a link to a video on youtube that talked about the iodine problem in the world. Here is a link to that video. 

The Dr. mentions that the RDA amount of iodine isn't being met and needs to be raised. He showed a map of the draft in 1918 for the first world war. In that map (I show at the top) it shows that the states in black and that have black lines shows that those states have low iodine in the soil and the soldiers had high incidences of goiters....   I saw something that triggered me to do more research as I recognized that the states shown were similar to the suicide statistical map of the U.S.

I have been doing some research for the past few weeks on the connection between having low iodine in the soil of certain states and the increase of suicide in those same states as well as the possibility of those states having the parasites which causes its host to commit suicide.

I have said many times that I think the solution to killing this parasite off is going to be something to do with iron, iodine, zinc, copper and other minerals. I really think that the lack of those minerals in the soil cause a depletion in our systems which then allows this parasite to do well as we don't have those things that would kill them off. 

In doing my research, I came across some other interesting facts. Farmers who deal with soil no matter what country, have a higher suicide rate than any other occupation. The top suicide jobs all have to do with soil as well as the second highest group. 

I think that there is a genetically modified pesticide that used horsehair nematmorpha parasites to kill off the grasshoppers that would eat the crops. I think that the farmers that sprayed it then got the parasites and we as consumers eating the crops also got infected. There are studies which show that certain pesticides are linked to higher suicide rates. I don't think that they put the pesticide with the suicide rates at first as it took some time for the parasites to "set up and do their worst" in the farmers, maybe even a few years down the road as mine took years to get to this point. 

I also was able to find a correlation between the cause of deaths in states and those with low iodine had a higher death rate of lung disorders. I believe the parasite which has destroyed my lung has been causing all the people in the low iodine states to have lung damage. I found it interesting that so many of the high "Lung death" states are states that have low amounts of smokers in them. There is no reason those states should have such a high incidence of lung issues. 

Along with that, I found that Leukemia rates are also mostly following along those same upper states. My mother had leukemia but never smoked, drank alcohol, no coffee, tea, and took care of 8 children. She worked super hard and had no reason to have lung damage or leukemia. 

When I kept going to the Dr for three years trying to figure out what was causing my lung damage, all three Dr.'s offices said that I had a high white blood count but couldn't tell me why.... Interestingly enough, one of the main things a parasite infection does, is cause a high white count..... Thus, I believe that my mothers leukemia was due to a huge parasite infection as her lungs were damaged and she was on oxygen for years. 

All the maps shown here show that the same states that have low iodine in the soil also have lung damage, leukemia, suicides, etc. I hope that someone will take notice of this issue and help us figure this out. 

This is a link to the CDC report on Death by occupation. Farmer, Forestry Workers, and Fishermen are the highest. All outside jobs dealing with soil and water.... Lowest suicide jobs, library, training, and education.

The Second Highest group of suicides by job was Construction and Extraction, also dealing with soil incidentally.

States of the study include: Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

Statements below in Newsweek show that the problem is huge with farmers. "The problem isn’t exclusive to the U.S. Farmers in France, China, India and the United Kingdom are dying by suicide at higher rates than the general public as well, according to news and government reports.

The suicide rate for young male military veterans is higher than previously thought, according to a new report from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). But it’s lower in some states than the suicide rate for farmers, based on an unrelated report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)"

There was a woman listed whose husband was a farmer who committed suicide as a farmer at 55 and told her he "couldn't sleep or think clearly....." That information just resonated with me as I have shared that those were some symptoms I have shared in the past that have caused me problems. 

One last thing, I believe that this parasite is causing the loss of the honey bee population. While on a trip, I saw some type of a bee dive into a puddle, die and this horsehair parasite came out. I blogged about it here. 

I also blogged last October about how I think the parasites are causing the suicides here. Click here for that post. 

Basically, I think they will find..... Low iodine (all minerals basically) states have higher parasite infestations, more lung damage, more incidences of leukemia, more suicides, depression, anxiety, more obesity, infertility, autism, etc. Someone needs to look at this on a national and international level.... 

Even if they don't think the iodine is the issue, the suicide state clusters just may have worse parasite clusters which will continue to grow and spread if we can't figure this out. 

I watched a show on youtube describing that you need to take some minerals and vitamins while taking iodine in order to assimilate it and detoxify the body. I wasn't taking all those years ago when I was taking the iodine. They suggest Nascent iodine and what you need to take with it to make it work.... The pharmacist on the show gave great information and it explained why when I have been taking the iodine, n - acetyl cysteine, selenium and vitamin C together, I have been feeling so much better for the past few weeks. He mentions ALL of them! Well worth taking the time to research. 

A girl from our local high school shot and killed herself last week.... It shouldn't have happened..... 

I can't share this with everyone, please share this information with anyone that will listen as we are losing loved ones at an alarming rate to suicide and depression / anxiety. 

I hope we all do what we can to make sure that EVERYONE has a BLESSED DAY! 

We Are All Human - Judgment Is A Part Of Life

I used to get lots of critical comments on my youtube videos at the beginning and I used to get SUPER upset at some of the rude comments people would make. I learned that these "haters" are looking for a reaction. They don't really care what you are saying, they just troll around looking for a fight or reaction as they feel powerful that they have manipulated your mood. I wrote a post about diffusing the haters a bit a go and here is a link to that post. 

I learned to just block those haters from my channel and after awhile, the mean comments slowed to a near stop. Every once in awhile, if I feel I should, I will reply to a comment it may be that I feel the person may be open to it or just a "feeling" that I should. It became interesting to me that I learned I don't need to defend myself as other views get defensive and will reply but I found that the haters like any type of contention and so most of the time, I delete the comment and block the viewers. 

For some reason about a year ago, I left this comment up and replied to it by a user named "Aaron" and I replied with something I feel is very true as I have seen Karma work in my life and when you judge, it seems to come back to you. So, I shared that feeling in my reply to Aaron. Here is his original post. 

"Aaron 11 months ago

You seriously need to seek mental health care. Yes, others have the same problem as you, but it is not parasites. And yes you may have had intestinal parasites."

Here is my reply to Aaron at that time.  

"Oh Aaron, You just need to check out my blog and stop judging others. I pray that you never understand what I have been dealing with as I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. It seems however, that when we judge others, God gives us a chance to understand what the other person was dealing with. Karma is real. I may be crazy but I understand that universal law. I wish you well and hope you have a BLESSED Day!"

There were a few people that defended me in the middle there but I just let it be. Today, I noticed this post to Aaron and was going to delete the post due to foul language. Frankly, I have settings on my channel which should have filtered that language out so I am not sure how it passed the filter but I thought better of deleting it and here is this mans comment with the one word starred to tone down the swear word.

"16 Hours ago - On behalf of her and all people that have to deal with people like you in denial that we have a f***** people live in a skin bag just like animals do and we are susceptible GROW UP!!! I bet you are a medical doctor!! I bet!"  

Here is my reply to that post - 

"I thought about deleting this post due to the language but will leave it so that others may learn something. Both the original comment and this reply are similar people. One person judging the other for their thoughts and expressing them freely. It is easy to hide behind a user name online and write unfiltered and judgmental or critical comments about others. The first, Aaron, judged me without getting all the facts, looking at my blog and seeing the labs diagnosis, all the tests I had run etc. The second, similarly judged Aaron for his judgement. One judged me, the other judged Aaron. 

In my reply to Aaron, I didn't hate him, I just shared that maybe he should get more information before he writes hurtful comments and let him know that when we judge others, we also are opening ourselves to judgement (which has happened as others are now judging him) and also Karma. I have seen it over and over where someone will judge me or others for something and then have a similar situation happen to them so that they learn exactly what they would do and did do in that situation.


I feel sadness for both commenters that they can feel such anger or hate towards one another or being able to judge someone so quickly without all the facts. I know at times we all feel anger and judgement but I believe that is why we are here... to learn to love and treat others kindly. I hope that someday I can get to the point where I can truly love the unlovable without judgement..... I have been lucky to have wonderful examples in my life of that type of Christ type love.... I pray that we can all take the time to think how our words translate to others and follow the old saying, "If you can't say something nice, don't say it at all!"
I hope that we all have a BLESSED Day!"

I do believe that we get what we send out in return. I feel blessed to understand that principle but have to share that I am still critical and judgmental at times and am learning to love all others at a much slower pace than I would like. Hopefully we can all learn these traits sooner than later so the online world will be a better place for all!

Have a Blessed and judgeless Day!

Leave A Path - Make A Trail

Tonight, Princess Five had one of her last performances at a basketball game for cheer. She isn't sure she will have time to do cheer next year so I want to make every performance I can as it may be the last time I get to see that dance. 

I still have my mother and every day is a new adventure. I thought she was doing better tonight so I left her for the fifteen minutes it would take to get to the school, video halftime and return home. When I arrived home, she was no where to be seen. Now it was still quite early and if she goes to bed early, I get NO sleep as she is up in the night and early morning banging doors, toilets, knocking on my door etc. 
 
She apparently isn't liking the shelf of movies she is now watching since she has watched every video on my three shelves worth of "Chick Ficks". I am into the "adventure" movies such as "The Mummy" and she keeps turning them off and if I am not within three minutes of the tv turning off, she puts herself to bed, stripped of clothes and in her nighty. I usually have my sister watch her for the games but it is a 20 minute drive for her and I am gone for 15 minutes so it seems silly to have her come and my mother was doing better today so I was hoping it would be "OK" to leave her for those 15 minutes. It isn't like she would do anything to hurt herself but she doesn't like being alone. I was actually on the phone asking my sister to come on Thursday to sit when I arrived home. I was in the process of telling her mom was doing better today when I came in and saw she had put herself to bed.

These are the things on my mind as I rush to get to the school to watch my Princess Five dance. I scraped the car and shoveled snow today so I could rush out when needed without having to do those things and not having to leave my mother for long. 

When I got outside, the inside of the car was frosted, the outside was fine! The antenna on her car is loose and lets water into the trunk causing moisture build up in the car and thus, I couldn't hurry to the school until the window melted. When I got to the school, there was no parking in the lot and so I had to park down the street in a service area. 

When I got out of the car and started walking towards the parking lot, I would have to walk through the snow which is deep and there isn't grass under it, it is a rock bed. Or, I would have to take the time to walk all the way to the street, into the street to the parking lot and then into the school. I was worried with the time it took to get the window clear, I would miss the halftime routine. Through the snow was my choice.  

As I walked towards the "short cut" I realized that someone had made a trail and several people had followed in the original footprints. I carefully started walking in the now, well used foot prints. None of the other people stepped out of the original prints and neither did I. We all stepped carefully in the prints of the original hiker! 

As I was walking that path, I thought of a quote that Princess Two has on her wall by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." At that moment, I was grateful for the person who made that path. 

I pondered on how much time I saved following in that path and how I knew that there weren't any obstacles as there would have been "fall" marks in the snow if they hit a rough patch. As you can see by my foot picture, I was prepared for snow as I had on wool boots which kept my feet warm but if I had trekked into that deep snow without a path, I would have gotten snow in my boots. They also would have gotten wet and I don't like that as they take some time to dry out when they get wet so I try to keep them dry so I can use them each time I go out and I won't put on wet boots so keeping them dry is my goal. 

On the way back, I pondered on how others can "clear" a path for us. I LOVED that the walks were shoveled. It made it easy for me to navigate my way in the dark and cold. Sometimes there are unseen hazards like black ice that can cause problems if we aren't sure footed and careful where we step. 

Princess had a cheer competition this past Saturday and we drove home in snow and ice about 30 mph for most of the way home. We didn't go to the school to pick up her car as it was snowing and we were tired and it was VERY late. We had some commitments on Sunday as a friends was arriving home from her mission so by the time we got home Sunday, it was about 3 p.m. 

I took Princess over to the school parking lot and it wasn't plowed and there was about a foot 1/2 snow in the parking lot. I was a bit worried to go in but we could see two people digging her car out so we ventured in. One of the other cheerleaders and her mother cleaned off the three cars that were still in the parking lot so the other girls wouldn't have that chore. I was so grateful as I had changed into my sweats thinking I was just dropping her off. I actually had her drive the better car and I drove hers as I was worried we wouldn't be able to get out of the parking lot. 

We were both able to get out but I thought about what a wonderful example that mother was to her daughter as they cleaned off all the other girls cars together! I am so grateful for their kindness. 

When I got back through the steps on my return trip, the trail stopped as someone had parked their car in the path. The snow was up to their bumper and I was surprised they would park there, but for a few steps, I had to create my own path. It wasn't quite as deep there and it was only a few steps until I was to an area that was plowed. 

Still, the other thought I had was how dark and lonely that path was. There were no lights on the path. My flash lit up the prints so I took one without the flash for you to see how dark the prints were and how dark the area was without the flash. It is near the top. 

Sometimes, we can leave a path for others who are following in the dark behind us. We may be in the light when we make the path but others may be following later in the dark blindly so finding a path was VERY wonderful to me as you can clearly see how dark the area was without my flash in the first and second picture. 

I am grateful for those who have gone before me and created paths in my world and set up situation in my life for me to follow. I know the pioneers, pilgrims and Pocahontas are all in my family history line and each made a new path in their own life which in someway created my life! 

It makes me ponder about what I am doing in my life to create good paths for my children and grandchildren to follow. I think I may need to reevaluate what I am doing with my life in some areas to clear some paths so their life paths may be easier. I also want to make sure that whatever path they are on, they have the proper tools and equipment to make their journey safely. Just like I had my coat and boots, I want them to have what they need in their life path!

I realized tonight that sometimes we are the one leaving a path and making a trail and other times, we are the one following. At times, I am grateful to be in either position. I hope when I need to be the one making the trail that I have the strength and determination needed to leave a path that makes it easier for others to follow safely! 

Windshield or Auto Glass Savings - Discount Applied

I have a story for you. If you read the story, you will discover at least three different ways on how to save on windshield replacement and the next post, will have ways to repair, and a comparison of repair products. 

The first story I have is kind of an interesting one. God had His hand in it and it happened during the first year of my divorce. I was of course hurting financially having to pay lawyers, mediators, special masters and all sort of bills. I needed a new windshield before I could get my car inspected. I was out of money and wasn't sure what to do to get the windshield replaced as it is a few hundred up front. I always pray and ask God for help when I need it and I put it into His hands when it is something I can't fix myself. 

If it is something I can fix, I do all I can and pray for guidance in getting the materials and inspiration on the best way to do it. I have gotten used parts to replace sinks, tile, and other items I need. Click here for a post about that. 

I have also gotten inspiration on the best way to fix something that may not be fixable in the traditional sense. This usually happens when I am doing plumbing projects but it has happened with electronic items that I have had inspiration on and at other points in my life. Here is one example on the plumbing fix.

I also get inspiration when I pray for health guidance. Here is a link about how I came up to use the hydrogen peroxide for my parasites.   I have learned to be very specific for what I need when I pray due to all the trials I have had.

Back to the story, I prayed for help fixing the windshield and I received a call at my home from a windshield repair company.  They were calling to confirm our replacement of the back window to our minivan for the next few days. I told them I wasn't the right person for the repair as my children told me that their dad's golf clubs had broken the back glass of his minivan so I knew what they were talking about but I guess since we had had a window repaired in the past, they still had our old information for my ex in the system. 

While I had them on the phone, I asked for a quote to get my windshield repaired. It was around the regular sum..... Since I was technically still married, I asked if they gave multiple car discounts..... YES they did!!

I scheduled my car to be done right after his car and because he was paying full price for his window, I got the discount on my window! Who knew they will give a multiple car discount. So, the lesson here is, if you know someone that needs their windshield repaired, get them done together. Even if they have insurance on their car, the windshield company will get full price for the window and may give you the discount for the second car!!! Check around the parking lot at church or work to see if anyone else needs a repair and you can split the cost of both repairs if neither of you have insurance! That way you BOTH get discounts.

The picture near the top is a piece of the windshield glass from that repair in my gratitude frame so I could always remember how God answered that prayer by sending a phone call my way! 

The second repair is no less miraculous. I had a crack in our little metro windshield. "Someone" had keyed a not nice word into my windshield and I think subconscious I wanted to replace the windshield to remove that unkind word from my view as I drove. The windshield cracked and I never have extra cash around with all those court dates and five kids so paying for a new one before the inspection on the car is always tricky. Luckily, I have God in my corner. I was parked at the elementary school. When I got back to my car, the note on my gratitude frame was taped to my car. "I backed into your car." with her name and numbers on it stuck to my windshield wipers. 

There was a little square pushed in on my bumper where her hitch had hit it. It wasn't completely gone but it did crack the bumper. I called the woman and she said her insurance guy asked me to get several bids. I got three and they were all over $300 to fix as they said the integrity of the fiberglass was compromised. I went back to her with those but told her I would leave the dent/small crack in my bumper if she would replace my windshield. She was thrilled with that as her insurance company had someone that did all of their work, they gave her a cash deal of around $100 to replace my windshield on that car and she didn't have to make a claim to her insurance saving her "points" so she didn't show any accident. For me, I just painted the crack in the bumper with the similar color of fingernail polish after pulling the crack out the best I could. It is noticeable if you are looking for it but it saved me paying out a few hundred on my car windshield. My car would pass inspection with the bumper but not with the windshield so it was another answer to my prayers so I put the note on my gratitude frame for sure.

Fast forward to this week. I needed to get my windshield replaced as last winter it cracked with the cold and heat. It wasn't as bad as it is in the upper picture but I will share that stuff in my next post about repairs on windshields. I called my dad to thank him for the lovely note I posted about a few days ago (Click here for that) and here is a quote from that post. "I need to get a new windshield for the car to pass inspection so I stopped at a place in the city where the art show was to see if they could do it for me but they didn't have one and since they don't manufacture Suzuki cars anymore, it is expensive. I had the though about getting one from a junk yard and looked down and saw a penny so I will be trying to find one cheaper there."

This is how that all came to be. I called my dad and while speaking to him asked if he had a "window guy." He said he didn't but knew they had places in the city that did them for $140. Since I wasn't going to be in his city until after Christmas, I thought if I knew anyone in the city I was visiting that may have a window guy. I have a friend and called him. He gave me the name of the guy that I was talking about in the other post where I found the penny. He gave me a card with the quote of $175 I posted a picture of that card quote. 

When I got home, I called a junk yard and they said they have one with a chip. I asked if it was small enough it could be repaired. In the mean time, I call the glass place asking how much to install a used one, $140. I asked about a new one and he told me that his distributor doesn't have it and it wouldn't be worth him to try and get one as they aren't made anymore and it would be more for him to do it. I told them thanks but I didn't want it for $140 used and dinged plus the cost of the window if I could drive to the city and get it for $175. 

I then remembered the woman that hit me and called an insurance company asking if they had a guy or place that gives discounts. Unfortunately, they use anyone that the customer wants but gave me the name of the place that comes to your house to do it that did my car all those years ago. 

I call them and the quote was $286. At that point, I thought driving to the city would be cheaper but I asked them if they matched quotes. It didn't take him a second to drop the price to $2 above the $175 quote. Of course there were taxes but for the extra $15, I saved $30 in gas and 4-6 hours driving time and a day away from home. I couldn't believe how quickly they will drop the price. It was near $100 less than the quote and as you can see by the bill at the end, the "List" price is $281.20 plus there would have been tax on that so I saved over $100 just by getting a quote from another city. And, I got it done in my driveway so it took NO time verse an entire day of my time with driving and gas. 

I HIGHLY recommend that you make a few calls before committing to having one person do it. Check in with family, friends and neighbors to see if you can get multiple car discounts as well. I didn't even have to show a quote or anything, I just said I had a quote and he took it at my word. Lastly, call the insurance company and see if they have someone they use as that could be your cheapest option for cash. 

I hope this post helps someone save a few dollars as I know we can always use a little more. I have to thank my Heavenly Father for the penny reminder at the windshield place and for all the wonderful times He blessed me fixing my windows for cheap! Prayer works!!! Princess Five thanked me today for her new windshield telling me it was like someone "cleaned her glasses!" I am grateful that she remembers to give gratitude as well. We are both truly blessed!