Divorced Couple Reunite And Takes A Family Portrait Every Year For Their Son

This couple has blown the minds of people everywhere throughout the world, as their unique story has gone viral. The former couple, Victoria Baldwin and Adam Dyson, who were married for three years before divorcing in 2015, are parents to 4-year-old Bruce. Baldwin, a professional photographer who is also in the military, now lives in Alaska, while Dyson lives in South Carolina, they made a promise to continue taking portraits every year as a family.

Bruce’s mom, Victoria Baldwin, wrote in a now-viral post on the Love What Matters Facebook page,"The top two photos were taken when Adam and I were married. The bottom two, taken nearly one year and over two years after our divorce was finalized. We are not in affection, we don’t always agree, we’re not best friends, once in a while we don't care for each other. But you know what we are? We are forever connected because of our beautiful, keen, kind, humane, amusing child."

Baldwin says she was motivated to proceed with their yearly family photograph shoot in the wake of understanding that she doesn't have any photos from her own childhood that include both of her parents, who were also divorced.

Mom tells PEOPLE,"I have always valued photos because I never had more than two or three of myself as a kid, I thought it was important for Bruce to see the photos of him with both of his parents, and I surely would not like to discard the [previous] photographs after separation — that just appeared to be senseless!"

Bruce is certainly much happier now and this story should fill in as motivation for the majority of the separated couples out there who are currently trying to make the best of what can be a difficult situation. Bruce now has all four family photos displayed proudly in his room.

Baldwin shares,"Bruce is so much happier now that Adam and I get along better than we did when we first separated. It has been almost three years, so we have practiced a lot!"

Baldwin tells that she and her ex-husband, Adam Dyson, weren’t generally friendly after their separation. However, she quickly realized that the tension between them was hurting their child and chose to turn it around for him.

She recalls,"We had a heated discussion in front of our son, who sat crying at my feet and I realized the next day I was more focused on hurting his dad than I was on comforting Bruce crying. I realized that wasn't the illustration I needed to set."

So, Baldwin booked a photo session for herself and her son, then asked Adam if he wanted to join. He did, and they decided to take a family portrait every year.

Bruce loves when mom and dad are together, because he gets to talk to both of us at the same time and tell us about his day and show us the new things he can do.

As for advice she would give other couples going through a divorce, she says,"The divorce is about you and your spouse but while you are divorcing the parent, you are not divorcing the child. Your child needs two parents who cherish them, not necessarily parents who love each other. I am a child of divorce and I only wish my parents could have managed a yearly photo at best. Bruce didn’t ask for the divorce, we did. So we need to sacrifice to make sure he doesn’t have to."