NEW ALBANY, Ind. — When Lizzette Steed-Yowell pulled up to Maple Elementary School 13 years ago, was focused on only one thing — picking up her daughter from her first day of kindergarten.

When she spotted 5-year-old Gabrielle Yowell walking out of the school, she scooped her up, balanced her on her nearly 9-month baby bump and hugged her tight.

“When she came out it felt like I hadn’t seen her in days,” Steed-Yowell said of her firstborn child.

A photographer for the now-defunct Evening News in Clark County captured the moment and, with Steed-Yowell’s consent, featured it on the front page of the daily paper, according to the family.

“That picture captured my true, raw emotion of, ‘Thank you Lord, my baby survived and I get to have her back,’” Steed-Yowell said.

For Gabrielle, those first days of school were made easier knowing her mother was waiting for her at the end with a warm embrace.

Thirteen years later, the mother-daughter duo decided to recreate their memorable moment after Yowell’s high school graduation Sunday.

The recreation was Gabrielle’s idea and the two did it “just for fun” outside of New Albany High School.

For Steed-Yowell, her emotions during the graduation ceremony mirrored those she felt after that first day of kindergarten.

“I was beaming with pride,” she told the Jeffersonville, Indiana News and Tribune, “but I was also crying in the stands. That’s my baby.”

Gabrielle posted the original and recreation side by side on her personal Twitter page.

First day of kindergarten to graduation and my mom is still as proud as ever😇💖 pic.twitter.com/kkpuesnD2R

— Gabrielle🤑 (@lilgabsss) June 5, 2017

“I was expecting maybe 20 retweets and a couple likes,” Yowell said.

The images have since been retweeted more than 78,000 times and both The Today Show and Buzzfeed have picked up the story.

“I was not expecting this…I have a lot of shocked friends and family,” Yowell said.

Details for this story were provided by the Jeffersonville, Indiana News and Tribune.