My husband and I started a small roofing company.  We hoped to make enough money to support our 3 sons.  We had a great start but by the end of the year my husband was affected by Bell's Palsy.  If your not familiar with Bell's, it is a sudden paralysis of one side of your face.  One day he was fine, next day half of his face was paralyzed.  He recovered about 85% of facial movement, however 6 months later he got it again on the other side of his face.  I was pregnant with our 4 th child. 

We started receiving phone calls from Great Western Directories, Inc. about advertising in a local phone book.  We knew advertising was important to any new business. 

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