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November 24, 2004 Takaaki Iwabu
Sarah Gilleland, 11, and her 7-year-old sister Olivia Gilleland sit in front of the family's new piano for the first time after it has delivered to their Raleigh home. The two were fighting for a button on the Estonia parlor piano's disk system. "It's great that it plays itself; we don't have to play," jokes Sarah. The sisters have been taking violin lessons since they were 3 years old. "We all will sing to piano," said her mother, Elizabeth Gilleland, who listed The Beatles, The Eagles and show tunes as the family's favorites. The piano is a gift from their grandmother, who studied piano and music at Brenau College in Georgia. She will visit the family this Thanksgiving holiday.
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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