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December 5, 2002 Mel Nathanson
Victoria Seals, 3 1/2, takes matters into her own hands and ties her shoes for the first time in her morning dance class. The Independently-minded girl has been focused on the task for several weeks, practicing in the car on the way to the Goddard School, an early childhood development center in Cary, NC. "For the last two weeks she wouldn't let anybody, including me, tie her shoes for her," said Allison Seals, Victoria's slightly exasperated but proud mother. "She would just push our hands away and take over." Finally, on her seventh dance class, Victoria folded and tugged the large, oversized, and easy to grasp laces on her tap shoes into a workable knot. Her dance teacher had helped her with one of the laces, but Victoria wanted to do at least one herself. "I learned!" she said. "My tap shoes are easier. Mommie taught me how to tie my shoes. I want to learn how to ride my bike good."
About This Project


Takaaki Iwabu
"No Ordinary Day" is a visual diary of the events, both large and small, that serve as milestones in people's lives. It debuted on March 24, 2002 and concluded on Aug. 29, 2007. We hope you continue to enjoy looking at our archive of “No Ordinary Day” images.


Travis Long
The column is a celebration of the struggles, triumphs and tears we experience as we travel from birth to death. Our goal was to document moments in time that might otherwise be missed; sometimes it's the tiniest incident in one's life that has the most profound effect. When on assignment for the column, we looked for that one photo that tells a whole story. Some are the result of a found moment we came across on our daily assignments or our daily existence. For others, we thought of a specific event, like a first haircut or last dance, and sought out a subject who might illustrate the idea.

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