Like many parents, Kelly OโBrien snapped a photo of her daughter, Francine โFrankyโ Meyer, before she left for her first day of school. She also snapped one when she returned on the bus, and the two pics hilariously couldnโt be more different.
OโBrien took the photos in September 2015 before Frankyโs first day of preschool. She shared the before-and-after photos of her daughter, who was 4 when the pics were taken and is now 5, on Imgur and Reddit on Thursday. In the first photo, Franky is all smiles.
In the second one, it looks like school โsucked the soul right outta her,โ as one comical commenter put it.
Luckily, nothing at school caused the fearful look on Frankyโs face as she arrived home. OโBrien told The Huffington Post she โactually had a blast at school, despite what her face says.โ When she got off the bus, she couldnโt wait to tell her mom all about her day.
โThe picture was just a candid photo while she was walking down the steps that turned out hilariously,โ OโBrien said. โShe was so focused on walking and we just happened to snap the perfect picture.โ
As of Friday, the photos have been viewed more than 1.3 million times. OโBrien said she has been โcompletely blown awayโ by the response.
โIโm glad her pictures made people smile,โ she said.
