Goodreads asked Lynn Ray Lewis:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Lynn Ray Lewis The local grocery store. Two men were trying to figure out how much pasta they would need VS the huge jar of sauce that they had in their cart. One man told the other, "It was a lot easier to buy stuff when **(*** gave me a list of things to pick up on my way home from work"
His companion agreed and both men looked like they wanted to cry. She was obviously a special lady to them.

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