Scrub-a-Noodle was inspired by my son as a young child. As a single mother, you are running from one activity to another, and this one afternoon on our way to Little League, we were having our normal "how is your day" conversation and playing word games. He said Scrub-a-Noodle, and I was laughing and wondered how he came up with that name. I told him what a great word and character. I promised him I would remember and one day write a children's book about Scrub-a-Noodle.

The idea for "Scrub-a-Noodle" lay dormant in my writing notebook for many years. Life changes. My son was in college, and on a particular Saturday, May 29, 2004, when I couldn't visit him, I was feeling a little low. I turned to my writing journal and started writing about "Scrub-a-Noodle," thanking God for planting the idea in my son, Christopher, and for him giving the idea to me. This was the humble beginning of the "Scrub-a-Noodle" character.