Being a parent and witnessing your children graduate, whether from high school or college, is an unforgettable milestone experience.
Anyone who has gone through it can attest to the bursting pride and unbridled excitement that come with witnessing your not-so-little one finish a chapter in their life where they’ve worked so hard to accomplish a particular goal.
The joy must have multiplied tenfold for Texas father Dennis Roach in 2018 when he had the chance to recreate a picture from the year 2000 for his daughter’s high school graduation. The outcome warmed hearts all over the world.
Dennis was fortunate enough to have his infant daughter, Tori, there for the festivities in 2000 when he graduated from high school. Dennis gave his daughter a kiss as they posed for the picture, which served as the ideal memento of his special day.
In 2018, Tori Roach was the one who had to commemorate her high school graduation. Naturally, Dennis was there to celebrate the occasion with them, and the two got the wonderful idea to recreate the picture they had shot 18 years before.
In the revised version, Tori was lying across her father’s arms as he kissed her cheek once again. No one could have predicted how well the side-by-side photograph of the images from 2000 and 2018 would be greeted online when it was posted by the user.
“18 years later,” Tori wrote as the caption for her picture. It quickly gained approximately 150,000 likes and 57,000 reposts, becoming quite popular.
People expressed their happiness at the snapshot in great numbers in the comments section.
One comment read, “Ugh this is just the sweetest.”
One more person commented, “One of the nicest photos I’ve seen… Best of luck to you and your family, I say.
Another added, “Wow lovely.”
However, the feature that many people noticed and couldn’t help but comment on was possibly the most fascinating aspect of the two photographs. Specifically, Tori’s father Dennis didn’t seem to have aged at all between the two photographs, which were taken years apart.
How old is your father, one individual wondered. He seems to be ageless.
Another jokingly said, “I think you frozen your father until you grow up.”
Damn, did your father age at all? Another joked.
When Tori’s high school graduation rolled around, she couldn’t believe how much attention her post had garnered. She was later compelled to clarify that her dad, who was 37 at the time, wasn’t single.
She also addressed to the populace about Dennis’s pride.
“When I woke up, I had numerous notifications. People have recommenced sharing, liking, and commenting. My father was quite pleased. Since our hometown is small, events like this rarely occur. He exclaimed, “That’s so cool!”
She continued, “It brought me and my dad closer in a way because we could share that moment, and I feel like not many other people get to experience that.”
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