A photo of a 5-year-old boy from Georgia has gone viral after he was caught mid-scream for his school photos. Stronajai Miles, the mother of the boy Andrew, said she found his school picture in his bag, on March 12.“I was getting ready for Monday and wanted to make sure everything was signed and ready to go on for the upcoming week,” she told the station. “I opened the bookbag and I was in just total shock.”
“I said, ‘really Drew?'” she recalled. On Facebook, she wrote that “I’m so mad right now … I checked my son's book bag and find these!!!”“Edit: these pictures have not been prepaid for. When I was a kid they sent proofs. I can only assume bc we live in a good school system that they chose to do this. I know back in the day they started doing proofs bc ppl would steal them,” she continued. The mother said she contacted Lifetouch School Photography and asked them about the photos and why her some were captured mid-scream. She said that when she spoke to Lifetouch about the photos, the firm said it allows students to express themselves rather than just smile.“When we were kids, you could not miss those pictures up,” Miles said about her schooldays. “Those pictures were so important, but times have changed. I have to get out of the ’90s and get with everyone else.”She also said the comments left to her and her son on Facebook warmed her heart.“They opened my eyes to see that everything doesn’t need to be a cookie cutter. Being yourself is even more amazing!” she said. “Knowing that his silly picture brought joy all over the world, how can I continue to be flustered?”