"Admiring the View Together" 18" x 24" oil. On days when I am exhausted in motherhood, my mom gives me this visual, and it puts things into perspective. Imagine planning your favorite hike, and your'e debating taking your kids or not. If you left your kids behind, you would scale that mountain so fast! And if you take your kids, you may struggle getting up the mountain, but just imagine having them with you at the very top with you. Admiring the view together. That is what life is all about. Admiring the views together.