In Her Words: Patricia Vlamis, 60, Is Just Getting Started

She put her photography career on hold to be a SAHM, later became a social media marketing manager, is about to start teaching art, and recently self-published a coloring book with a special purpose.

I was eight when my father became permanently disabled. He got phlebitis in his leg after routine testing for a kidney problem that started when he was a soldier in WWII. My father was born during the Great Depression and worked doing manual labor. He was, however, a Renaissance man. He was a painter and a musician. He could pick up any instrument and p…