School picture day is a nightmare. I don’t know about your kids, but mine can get his shirt messy between the time I put it on him in his room and when I’m buckling him into his car seat 10 minutes later like nobody’s business.

So, depending on what part of the day the pictures actually take place, you could be dealing with anything from an untucked shirt to a sweaty, post-recess head of hair.

Most of us know and accept this, but mom Stronajai Miles still wasn’t expecting to unpack her son’s backpack and find pictures of him roaring.

Photo Credit: Facebook

Yep. You read that right. She was “so mad” but I mean…how long was it before she started to see the humor in it all?

Pick your battles, I always say.

And this one was already lost.

The internet agreed – no one could stop laughing for long enough to commiserate with Stronajai.

Photo Credit: Facebook

It turns out she did, after some reflection, and I adore her even more for this post about her change of heart.

Photo Credit: Facebook

He’s a special boy, indeed, and we should all be so lucky as to have people in our lives willing to celebrate that fact – even if it takes them a minute to wrap their head around us.