Patricia Haynes was born to very young parents in New York in August 1940. She was their firstborn. Shortly thereafter her mother gave her three siblings. Two sisters and a brother. They lived in a beautiful large home in New York with parks within walking distance.

When she was seven, they moved to South Carolina to a lonely little four-room house at the edge of a wheat field and cornfield. They also had lots of tobacco fields and barns around them. It was quite a change even for a child.

Her parents divorced when she was sixteen, and her father left with a much younger woman. They didn’t know where he lived for years. Her dad wrote to her just before her eighteenth birthday to come and visit with him and his wife.

She graduated from high school and regretfully got married to get away from home, not knowing there were other options. She had several good jobs working in offices. While working, she went on to take two years of continuing education in various colleges.

She has a love for the arts. She did oil and acrylic painting and then later went on to be a successful photographer. She had her own business for many years and did many art shows. She has won several awards over the years for her work.

Patricia was divorced and married several times, twice to father figures. She finally found contentment at forty-two when she married the right one. She has been happily married now for thirty-seven years.