The year was 2012.
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes divorced — which, honestly, I thought happened in like 2008.
The Instagram logo looked like an actual camera.
2012 was also the year that we were introduced to "Chalkboard Mom."
According to lore, McKinli Hatch posted the photo to her blog, Mommy's Little Sunshine, and the photo took off from there.
Thus "Chalkboard Mom" was born, and she quickly went viral for her, well, interesting spelling choices.
Now, in 2023, McKinli Hatch has a large following on TikTok.
While that's great and all, the comments are the best part.
It's full of people who have taken inspiration from Mckinli.
This person named their daughter "Saighlaur" (pronounced Mary).
This person named their daughter Mcieckaealeighphla (pronounced like Lauren).
And this person named her daughter Quinnlynnleigh just because.
Ultimately, "Chalkboard Mom" ended up being one of the good ones.
"You were just before your time, really. Those (names) look like half the baby name announcements on social media now," this person said.
