Reverie Fair Magazine Issue No. 7 | Page 15

We arrived early, according to plan, and littered an immaculately kept living room with our bags and cameras. There was a mild sense of urgency to begin shooting. Soft morning light was filtering through east-facing glass doors that would soon capture the full bright of day.

Golden Hour speaks of light, age, the passage of a time that seems to stretch to the point of stopping. So it’s slightly ironic that this was our fastest shoot - under an hour. It was a combination of proximity (our cover model lived next door to our editor), a strong vision (Carly know what she wanted) and a model who took direction like a pro. Impressive considering that Lillian had never modeled before.

The place was filled with carefully placed mementoes of a life filled with joy and loss. Lillian has seen her nation move through depressions, recessions, revolutions of technology, and four wars. She lost her husband, a veteran of World War II, in a workplace accident. It was 1958 and their sons were seven and 11 years old. In talking with Lillian, though, we sense that the joy in her life outweighs the sorrow. She raised Bill and Don on her own, with help from friends, family and community, a network of relationships that is now deeply rooted and strong. Lillian makes lemonade from scratch, with real lemons. She trades email with friends on her Netbook, Googles the Blackhawks and Bears rosters. She calls customer service for her own appliances and electronics, a chore that stretches the limits of stress and frustration for most millennials.

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