Jason's Haven

One of the main reasons we purchased our house almost 8 years ago was because of the yard and beyond.

We have a HUGE backyard.  We have always loved it, but do even more so now that we have kids.

Beyond our lot, is nothing but woods.  Woods that Jason worked hours on, paving out a safe 4 wheeler path that led to the Cahaba River.  He use to ride that trail ALL the time.  He would see deer and hogs galore.  I even braved the trip one time.  We cruised down on the 4 wheelers and spent time admiring how beautiful the scenery was.  The river was amazing.

He even extended our irrigation system to run in the woods to help feed the deer that often crept up.  We loved seeing all the deer in our backyard.  It made us happy.

However, when the tornados came thru in 2011, his path was totally destroyed.  Sadly, he hasn't had much time to work back there either.  What once was his happy place has now become a very sad picture to him.  All his hours, blood, sweat and tears gone.  In an instant.  Just like that.

I'm not sure if he's just discouraged now or what, but he rarely ventures past our fence these days.  It makes me sad because I know how much peace going back there brought to him.

Now, he just stares out the windows of the back of the house at ALL hours of the day and night in hopes of catching a glimpse of deer once again.  I catch him looking out at least 20 times a day.  It really makes me sad because he NEVER sees deer anymore.  He/We LOVED having deer soo close to our house.  The hogs-now thats another story!

Until this morning.  He must've peeked out the bathroom window while he was getting ready for work because all I recall was, "Deer-look.  Deer!  We have deer!!!"  He ran out, swooped P up and told me to come see.  This was around 6:30.  Sure enough, there were 2 baby deer and 1 doe.

You could just hear the excitement in his voice.  The pep in his step.  The place that once brought soo much joy to him was back.  I was more happy about that than I was about seeing the deer for myself.

We all just sat in the dining room, staring out the window.  They were the sweetest looking deer ever.

After almost 3 years, I can finally say Jason's Haven is BACK.