Life is tricky but AMAZING: A look back & ahead :)

Hard to believe a new year is already upon us. 2012 Certainly had its ups & downs but was incredibly amazing. I started off last year traveling by myself for the very first time, it was totally scary but so very liberating. I met some of the greatest people ever who I will forever cherish. I met some of my favorite Actors (Bethany Joy Lenz,Shantel Vansanten, Daphne Zuniga, Ian somerhalder), singers(Train, Mat Kearney, Ellie Goulding) & SF Giants Players (Buster Posey, Tim Lincicum, Brandon Crawford & so many others). I got to be in a SF Giants commercial which was so cool to be apart of. I watched a taping of America's Got Talent. I went after jobs I really wanted, but didn't get. I celebrated all the holidays & birthdays with the people I love most. I watched my mom go through a really hard year (it WILL get BETTER). I got in an accident & was without my car for awhile. Saw my FAVORITE show come to a close after nine years. Got to see Demi Lovato Perform live(amazing Night). Got a new tattoo(a butterfly which symbolizes new beginnings & my free spiritedness). My Idol Britney spears followed me on Twitter. I participated in so many events for Lung Cancer & I donated so much money to all the other causes I am passionate About. I am probably forgetting a lot of things. All in all it was a pretty amazing year. I am eager for 2013 because I am ready to possibly say goodbye to my work. I think it's time for a change. I'm still trying to find a career path I want to Persue. There's so many things I love to do. I'm coming so close to finally figuring it all out. I may or may not have to get a degree to get the job of my dreams. We'll see. All I want to do is be doing a job I completely in love with. A job in which I am fully appreciated. I haven't felt that way in two plus years. I know I am going figure it all out. I am destined for greatness, it's in my bones.  I am readyTo   fnally live out my dreams. I hope 2013 brings so much love to everyone. Everyone deserves to feel happiness & be happy. Show love, light & kindness to everyone you come in contact with. Be the best version of yourself, everyday. Don't be afraid to live your life. Don't let the things that weaken you break you apart. Let the strength outshine all the messy. If 2012 or the last few years were not your year, just use the mindset that this year will be better. It might be worse, but with a POSITIVE minds you are already able to live a better life. The way you see things determine the outcome. See the good in as much as you can.  Yes it's a new year & a new begging & start but remember there's 365 days a year that you can begin again if you'd like.  If you're struggling with something let it go & don't do it alone. There's so many people out there that can help you. This coming year don't be hard on yourself, allow yourself to make mistakes. We're only human & we have flaws. Leave the bad behind & welcome the good. Welcome whatever is to come. It's bound to be amazing. You create your own novel & your own movie...so write it they way you choose so when you re watch it you see something you absolutely love. Remember to live life beautifully & enjoy each & every second. I love you all to pieces. Here's to your best year yet & here's to me finally allowing myself all I deserve. 

Hi, My name is Kristin Elizabeth Costello, and I am 22 from San Francisco, CA and I know I have what it takes to WIN BIG BROTHER 14. 

Here’s my story. On June 24th 2010 I lost my 22 year old Cousin Jill Costello 

Jill Costello <3 My Angel

 (our dads are cousins) to stage 4 lung cancer. She has been my greatest inspiration in every single little thing that I do. We didn’t really know each other all that well except for random family events when we were younger. It breaks my heart knowing I missed out on having an amazing person in my life. Losing her made me appreciate all the little things in my life. All the simple, ordinary moments in my life started to mean so much more. When I found out she was sick I started following her journey on Caringbridge.com (a website that allows people with illnesses to write about their journey and what they're going through). All the words she wrote were always so inspiring, by reading her words you would never guess she was sick. She never let anyone know she was in pain or didn’t feel good, it was always about everyone else. She was always this pure ray of light and sunshine!!! She was always so UPBEAT and POSITIVE. That’s the type of person Jill was. I loved being able to read Jill's Caring Bridge posts & being able to be there the only way I knew how. I would write her all the time with words of encouragement & what not. She appreciated all the things I wrote her & I love that & that will always stick with me. So glad I could be there for her that way. Her journal posts were the most beautiful pieces of writing I have ever read in my entire life. It was always Jill's words that stuck with me & inspired me, EVERYDAY. These are a few of her quotes that stick with me EVERY single day...."Life is all about how we handle the challenges we are given."~Jill Costello & "Once you know what you believe in, your faith will be unbreakable.~ Jillian Costello. Those two quotes get me through even the roughest of days. Through all the rough patches Jill still stayed in school at CAL Berkley (she got to graduate with honors in May)  and continued to row as a coxswain on the rowing team and lead her team to Pac 10 championships. While sick she put together a Jog in her honor in Berkley and raised over $49,000. She gave an amazing fight up until her last days. While Jill was sick we always wanted to go see her, and it was always the next week, and the next week and so on. When we finally decided to, we found out that she had gotten worse and that she wasn’t going to make it. I was devastated, I think what hurt the most was the time we wasted not going to see her. I wish I could have been there for her, and given her a hug, and just feel her beautiful embrace in my arms. I know she knows I was there for her. I wrote to her all the time, I know she knew I was there for her and for that I am so very grateful.  Four days before she passed away she put together a plan to make the walk in SF in september to be that much bigger. Her plan was to get the word out “BIG TIME”. And I can tell you that September 12th 2010,  over five thousand people came together and raised over $300,000 in her honor.  Her spirit was contagious and her smile was completely beautiful just like she was. I made a vow to her to do my everything to help make her dream of  “BEATING LUNG CANCER” come true. She didn’t want to beat it for her, but for everyone else. I will NOT stop until that day comes. I want to help end Lung cancer for everyone just like Jill did. I want to end the NASTY stigma that Lung Cancer is a smoker's Disease & that it's an old man's disease. JILL was neither of those. It blows my mind how the DEADLIEST cancer is the least funded & the least talked about!! I want to be on the show to spread AWARENESS & spread the word BIG TIME. And help get Lung Cancer the much deserved attention!!! I wear a bracelet from her funeral and it has not left my wrist at all. It’s a reminder that life is short and that there is still hope in this sometimes messy world. I try to Live just like JiLL (LJLJ). An amazing  article was written about her in Sport’s Illustrated by Chris Ballard. It’s a must read for sure. (Nov 29th, 2010 issue with michael Vick...courage of Jill costello) She’s more than my hero she’s the reason I do everything that I do. She set out to change the world and boy is she doing it. A group of young professionals came together and created Jill’s Legacy. A group in honor of Jill, that includes people that knew Jill, or had lung cancer themselves, or lost someone to it. Their main focus was to continue where Jill left off, and continue the beautiful legacy she left.

Growing up I was always dreamed of making it big. I love Hollywood and LA. I would love to be famous for good & for a PURPOSE. If becoming “famous” allows me to do good for others than thats all I would want. I would love to spread Jill’s message and I think Hollywood would be the perfect platform. I would never change being the person I am, being famous could never change me. It would just allow me to do all the great things I want to do, and I can see all the amazing people I would be able to help.

I’ve been watching Big Brother since 2000 (I was 9) when it first began and I’ve always wanted to be on the show. Me and my mom and grandmother have watched it every single summer. If we’d go out on a BB night we would be like “we gotta get home big brother is on”. For the last 13 summers every tues, thurs, and sunday belonged to CBS. I’m a fun loving girl who loves to have fun who would love to show the world what she’s got. My 23nd Birthday would take place while in the house and I would LOVE that more than anything. How cool would that be; to spend your birthday in a house trying to win money. Sounds like a perfect birthday to me. I’d get to celebrate my birthday doing something I loved and have millions watching. I’m supposed to go to LA for my birthday, which I am really looking forward to, but I would give it up in order to DO THIS. I would be giving up a lot actually, I would be giving up a chance of meeting Ian Somerholder(have tickets to the Vampire Diaries convention) who would be coming to San Francisco while I was in the house, I would also miss Demi Lovato’s concert in which I recently won tickets to go to. That girl’s music is so healing and she inspires me so very much, her and britney spears are my music idols. I’d also miss my chance of possibly running my first half marathon or 5k in the SF Marathon which I was really looking forward to. I’d possibily miss Seeing my Idol Sophia Bush tape her show Parener’s which is on CBS, which recently got picked up (was planning to see a taping over the summer) and I’d miss my parents 30th wedding anniversary...but I would sadly sacrafice all those things in order to help so MANY people!!!! I would give up things that would make me HAPPY, to see other people happy!!! I’m a california girl who loves LA, and would love for a chance to be on the show. A lot of people want the money for selfish reasons and in all honestly I want the money for good. I want to be the FIRST person to be on Big Brother for a PURPOSE, and for completely SELFLESS reasons. 

Chad Michael Murray tweeted about my birthday project for Jill last year!!! Best Birthday ever <3

Me and Sophia at last year's SF Marathon <3

The gorgeous Shantel VanSanten at the TTB EVENT so incredible sweet <3

Me and Bethany Joy Lenz at the Team True Beauty Event

I don’t want the $$$$ for me, but for OTHER people. A majority of the money will go directly to the Bonnie J Addario Lung Cancer Foundation. Like I said I lost my 22 year old cousin to stage 4 lung cancer, and I vowed to help make her wish of ending lung cancer come true. And winning the money will help me get lung cancer on the map of finding a cure. I also want to help my parents out. They have been amazing parents and have done EVERYTHING for me and my sister, and I would love to help them out and pay off some of their bills. I want to let them enjoy their lives, and not have to worry about paying bills and what not. My moms been through a lot of ups and downs in her life and she’s been an amazing mother & all she’s ever wanted is a louie Vuiton Purse, so that’s like one thing I would have to get her. She deserves it sooooooooo much. I’d love to get my dad behind home plate seats to a San Francisco Giants game...or courtside Warrior’s tickets or San Francisco Niner’s tickets. He would absolutely love that. I would love to have my parents be able to pay off some bills and be able to enjoy their life, because they’ve given up EVERYTHING to make sure me and my sister had an amazing upbringing. I am so completely and utterly grateful for the way they’re raised us. My mom is the person I thank most, so grateful for the values she’s instilled in us. When my mom was 18 she was supposed to go on a trip to Italy with her Grandmother, but sadly her grandmother passed away right before they were supposed to go. Needless to say she nor my grandmother or my grandmother’s sister have ever been to Italy. I would love to take my Italian side of the family to Italy. Last year we were all together and my grandmother said she would love to go to Italy, but she said she didn’t think she’d ever get to see that day. Please let me give this to her and the rest of my family. I also want to take my dad’s side of the family somewhere like Hawaii or something. They’ve all been through hell and back these last few years and I just want to show both sides of my family, that although life can be messy and tricky....it can be really BEAUTIFUL. I lost quite a few people to cancer so its a no brainer that a large amount of my money will go to Fuck Cancer. An organzation dedicated to stop cancer before it occurs. 90% of ALL cancers are curable if caught in the first stage, and their mission is to teach people the warning signs and ultimately give them all the tools they need. I’m also in love with Make a wish foundation (a friend of mine actually got her wish granted before she passed away) so money will go to there as well. 

My nonni (grandmother) mom and my grandmother's sister <3

Elpida <3

My Parents <3

One of Jill's Quotes

My friend was just 12 years old when she was diagnosed with cancer. She passed away at the age of 15, she was so happy to get her wish granted. So make a wish will FOREVER be special to me. Another cause I love is the National MS Society. Last year, a friend of mine I went to High School with was diagnosed with MS. She was 22 at the time. It broke my heart, and I had never known someone with the disease and someone my age. Her outlook on it is so very positive and inspires me so very much. I would love to be able to win money and donate a portion to the society in honor of my friend Elpida, who’s name means HOPE...so fitting since she’s filled with it. The last cause that is near and dear to my heart is Team True Beauty.  Team True Beauty was created to promote postive body image and self esteem to everyone. It started after a group of girls where being harrassed on twitter, and they came together to put a stop to it. They asked their favorite celebs to be a part of it and it has grown into a movement. I believe EVERYONE is beautiful, and I love EVERYTHING this organization stands for. I got to meet so many amazing people because of this cause so without a doubt, some of the money would go to them. I’m a pretty selfless person, and I really don’t want this money for me but for my family and to help pay it forward. NONE of this money will go directly to me. It will go to the causes I love, my family, and to help random strangers along the way...I am ALL about PAYING IT FORWARD. Two years ago I was in what should have been a fatal car crash. I was driving to meet up with some friends on a pretty dark tree filled road when out of nowwhere a 100ft Euculytus Tree came crashing down on the whole front of my car. I saw it coming down , thinking no it can’t be and without hesitating  I put my foot on the brakes. Everything came to a dark complete stop. I thought wow this is it, I’m gone, and then I opened my eyes and thanked god I was still in my car. My windshield was completely smashed, and the tree totaled my car. Numerous cars where maybe a good five minutes behind me which was a blessing because if cars were behind me directly or in the the other lane of traffic it could have been all bad. Needless to say my door was hard to open so two good smaritians opened my door and got me out of that nasty mess. I walked away with tiny cut on my forehead and a badly bruised collarbone and chest from the airbag. I know for a fact I had a guardian angel watching me that day. And that’s why I am so thankful each and every single day I am given. And that’s why I WANT THIS money and chance in order to PAY IT FORWARD. I was given another chance, and I  know its to help make a difference. Please let me show you I have what it takes. I want to be the first person on BIG BROTHER for a PURPOSE and for a reason!!!!!! I am here, because I’m supposed to be here!!!!! I am a free spirit, with so much heart and so much dedication and FIGHT and will. Last year I sang Britney Spears songs for 3 hours in order to win VIP passes to her San Francisco GMA performance. I’m also a avid concert goer and have stood and waited in lines for hours so any competion that included staying on something for hours...I could totally do it. I’m feisty and can be a little ballsy and bitchy, but my intentions are good.....there is NOTHING I will not do in order to win this $$$$. I fight for the people I love, the things I love, and winning this money and being on this show would be my greatest accomplishment to date. Esspecially since I have a lot hanging on the line. I also want to be on the show to finally show my family what I’m capable of.

My sister, mom, me and my nonni Mother's Day 2012

 I know the disappointment they have, I can see it in their faces. I want them to be proud of me, and being on the show would allow them to see me living out my dreams and making something of myself. I want my family to watch me live out my dreams, and to see me making a difference. I am 5 years out of High school with no college degree or big dream job. I took a year off, then went back for a year and I never went back. Still trying to figure all that stuff out. I want to do a job I love more than anything, and I want to achieve true greatness!!! I’ve seen people struggle with jobs after college, I think college matters, but sometimes its more of the right opportunities that unfold in front of you. No matter what I do in life, I will achieve greatness and find succes......I have that state of mind!! Real success happens naturally and is sometimes just being in the right place, at the right time. I am so ready to do something I am proud of, and something my family will be proud of too!!! I know I CAN do this and with your help I can. Most  of the people that have been on BIG BROTHER have always wanted to be on for fame, the money and mostly themselves...I am different. I am playing completely for other people. I am playing for the Jill’s in the world, The Kristina’s, The Elpida’s and all the lost souls struggling through everyday life. So many lives will be changed when I’m on the show...its bound to happen...I will not stop until it does.

ALL MY LOVE,

KRISTIN ELIZABETH COSTELLO

remember to live life beautifully, EVERYDAY <3

P.S

All the stars from my favorite tv show (One Tree Hill) have inspired me to write this!!!

This is me & I AM WHO I AM NO EXCUSES. I have a heart of gold, & love helping others. I believe in spreading POSITIVE vibes & ALWAYS seeing the GOOD in things. Life is too short to be unhappy. SO I believe you should live your BEST life ever. Don't look back just look forward. Be the BEST version of yourself & LOVE yourself for who you are. I'm tough, ambitious, and I know exactly what I want. If that makes me a bitch, ok.

Love letter to OTH: THANK YOU

WHERE IT ALL BEGAN <3

The AMAZING ending cast <3

I really don’t know where to begin, today marks the end of something that’s been the BEST part of my life. The thing is this show will ALWAYS be a part of my life. Wherever I go next, whatever I do...It will continue to guide me and INSPIRE ME. Nine years ago I was a middle schooler, who was about to graduate. All of my BEST friends were either moving or going to other high schools, I was devastated. In a few months I was going to start high school all by myself. I knew people going to my high school, but they were not my BEST friends. It wasn’t the same, and I dreaded having to go. I had never felt so alone in my life. I prayed for some kind of sign that EVERYTHING would be ok. I got it a week or so into my first week of high school. It was a brand new show airing on The WB about two HOT half brothers who played basketball. It was the perfect combination. I instantly drew to Haley and Lucas because it reminded me of me and my best guy friend. In that very episode and that very night I knew I was going to be ok. I knew this show was going to get me through all the rough times and it was going to be a very important part in my life. I knew that night that this show was something special, and I knew it was going to shape my life. I got that vibe, and boy has it changed my life. After the show started I started making new friends and reconnecting with old ones, everything turned out to be just fine. The first episode was what got my attention, but it was not until the following week on September 30th, 2003 that I was completely captivated by it. You see we got introduced to another character, Brooke Davis. She was the one I KNEW I loved right from the start. She reminded me of me and I loved that. Brooke taught me so many wonderful things over the years, and I’ve loved every storyline she’s had. This entire show has taught me so many wonderful things. Its taught me how to love, believe, dream, fight, and ultimately LIVE. 

      These last nine years were not easy. I went through a lot of stuff, some good, bad, tragic and some completely amazing. I got through EVERYTHING because of this show. In high school I lost 3 friends, two in car accidents and one to cancer. They were all my age or around my age. It was the first time I had lost people close to my age, and It was so hard. I didn’t talk about it, because I didn’t know how. With the help of the show, I was able to deal with those tragedies and cope. One Tree Hill was the only thing that got me through that. It got me through every heartache, loss loves, loss friendships, boy drama, friend drama, bitter fights with friends, and all the MESSY stuff. It got me through and kept me going forward. I got to attend the One Tree Hill tour my sophomore year and it was amazing. I got to see Joy, tyler, the wreckers and gavin DeGraw perform. It was amazing. I also got to meet Tyler, Joy, Sophia and Lee. It was probably one of my best nights yet!!! Best memory from my high school days.

 I continued being inspired from the show the next few years and it taught me so much. I graduated high school the same week the cast did on the show, and It was kind of nice being able to do that with them. In a way they helped me get through high school and graduating together was perfect. I learned so much during the high school years on oth. I don’t remember much that I learned in high school, but boy do I remember the stuff I learned from watching oth. All of the quotes, and music always came at the perfect time. Its like Mark knew exactly what I needed to hear at the right time. His writing was impectable and so detailed in the sense that you really felt like you knew each and every cast member. I totally feel as though these characters, are real. Not in a delusional way, but in a way that their hurt, pain, joy, and happiness is all REAL. I feel like I went through all the same stuff they did with them. People tend to say this is just a show, and you shouldn’t be so attatched to something that is just a tv show. That there’s real life problems going on. Yes this is a show, but its so much more than that. Just ask the millions of fans all over the WORLD. This show got me through all my real life problems. 

    The biggest thing it got me through was my accident that happened 2 years ago. That was something that literally almost broke me as a person. I was driving on a still, quiet night on a tree filled road when out of no where a 100ft tree started coming down in front of me. I was thinking this cannot be happening. It didn’t seem real, but I’m a fast reactor so I put on my brakes anyways and in a matter of seconds EVERYTHING came to a complete stop. Everything went black, I thought that was it. I thought my life was over. To my suprise I opened my eyes and I was ALIVE. Not sure why or how, but I was. I must of stopped just in time. A few inches closer and I probably would not be talking to you today. I was trapped in my car which was totaled but other then a badly bruised collarbone and scratch I was ok. I didn’t know why I was saved that night, I was so confused and felt so lost. I felt the same kind of lost I felt before I started high school. I hated that feeling. Here I was alive, and should have been grateful. Instead I was questioning it, and wondering why I was SAVED. A few days later, still feeling unsure and confused I asked for a sign of some sort. I got it later that night, a new episode of oth was one and it clicked. I was meant for more and I was meant to be here. If I wasn’t here I wouldn’t be able to learn all the many more lessons oth had for me. OTH made me strong, and made me realize I matter and I’m MEANT TO BE HERE. From that night forward, I decided to live my life differently and I did. I decided I was going to only see the good, and spread kindness and hope to those I come into contact with. I decided I was going to live my life beautifully and pay it forward as much as I could. I’ve done nothing but that these last couple years. I certainly am a more stronger person, because of my accident. I would of not been able to get through my accident or any of the hardtimes in these last 9 years without OTH. 

   OTH has been my rock and the one thing I could always turn to. Whenever I was having a bad day I could turn to OTH and it would instantly make everything better. The same goes for music. Music and OTH are my main TWO LOVES OF MY LIFE. And I am so thankful OTH has given me some of the best songs to live by. Its given me the best playlists anyone could ever dream of having. The music has always had a purpose and a reason, and always fit perfectly. I can hear a oth song and instantly see the scene or episode its from...that’s pretty awesome. Another thing that has been pretty awesome is the people i’ve meet because of it. I’ve gotten to meet some of the castmates, but most importantly I got to meet some pretty amazing people from the oth family. These people are so very special to me, without them I would not be able to get through this show ending. I created this twitter account last may when the show was dealing with the possibilty of the rivercourt being torn down. I couldn’t imagine that happening on or off the show so I made RivercourtSML. It stands for Rivercourt saved my life. The rivercourt is the heart of the entire show and its saved so many people including me, so it felt right. I wanted an account to talk about the show, and just spread nothing but inspiring words and thoughts. I started with just 40 followers, and I wasn’t sure where it was going to go. I’m currently at 2,517 I must be doing something right. I created this account to connect with other fans and just try to spread hope. I think what I’ve enjoyed most is the tweets from people saying thank you and that i’ve inspired them or helped them through something difficult. Those mean the world to me. So if my tweets have helped you I am so incredibly happy and blessed for doing so. I’ve been told I’m a lot like Sophia and Shantel and that literally means the world. I hope to be half the woman they are one day. I still have a long way to go. I’m doing my best to be like them, because those ladies are my biggest inspirations everyday. 

Sophia is my idol, has been since I was 14 and that fact that I’ve met her twice still blows my mind. She is the one person who truly made my life what it is today, her and Brooke are my EVERYTHING. I am a ballsy strong minded girl because of Brooke and that is something I am FOREVER grateful for. I also got to meet Shantel this past January along with Joy again, and India, Daphne, and Sharon. Those ladies were all incredbibly sweet and kind!!! Love them all to pieces. Getting two hugs from Shantel is something I will never forget. She gives the best hugs, ever!!! I also got to meet James back in january 2008, and Gavin back in 2009, such nice guys!!! But the nicest most humble guy I met was Chad. I met him back in December and he was everything I dreamed of. I fell in love with him at ten, and Have been a fan ever since. He knew who I was when I met him, and for that day I am truly forever grateful. I am grateful and blessed for all the cast members i’ve gotten to meet. I know so many people dream of this and to have done it myself, I know how lucky I am. None of my encounters happened in Wilmington though. They all happened in San Francisco except one that happeded in LA. Sadly I never made it to Wilmington. That breaks my heart, that I’ve never gotten to experience tree hill that way. But I can’t be upset over the things I didn’t do, that would only hold me back. So if you’ve never met the cast or have never been to wilmington, don’t let it define you as a person. It doesn’t make you more of a fan if you’ve had those experiences. We are all the BIGGEST fans of OTH. No single person is a bigger fan, we all LOVE this show, and that’s all that matters. I am so grateul for everything OTH has done for me these last 9 beautiful years. 

    The person I am so thankful for is MARK SCHWAHN. Because of him I’ve met so many people I love, and believed that my dreams are possible because they are. I learned that true love exisists and that when your heart breaks you need to fight like hell!!!!! I haven’t met all the cast members, but I have met Quite a few, and I am so grateful. One day I’ll meet Mark, Austin, Rob, Jana, Hilarie, Lisa, Stephen (for real, walking by and missing it doesn’t count), and others and my oth life will be complete. One day those will happen, I know it will. For now my heart is feeling slightly empty but mostly FULL!!! I’ve cried off and on for the last few weeks, but at this very moment I’m OK. OTH has made me strong, and has made me WHOLE. My life is better because OTH was in it. Surely I am going to cry like a babyyyy watching the finale tonight, but I can assure you they will be tears of strength and pure utter joy. I cannot be sad, when this show has left me a better person and has made me, me. I am going to miss the characters, the stories, Naley, Clinn, the music, the quotes, BRUCAS, the amazing voiceovers, Brooke Davis, the CODAS, Leyton, the bridge, danny boy the rivercourt, uncle keith, Brulian, Karen’s cafe....I am going to miss it all so VERY much. All of it is going to live on forever in my heart and it is going to guide me, and inspire me. I am a better person because OTH was in my life. Now as tears start to run down my pretty face, I am ready to say goodnight to OTH tonight...its only goodnight not goodbye, because in the morning it will still be in my life. There may not be new episodes, but the episodes we’ve had will live on forever, through our hearts and our dvd players. 

      To all the cast and crew, To the beautiful city of Wilmington and especially MARK, thank you from the bottom of my heart!! And to the OTH FAMILY I LOVE SO DEARLY WE’RE GOING TO BE OK, OTH TAUGHT US THAT. This is not the end but it is the start of “what’s next”!!! We are all better people, because oth has been a part of our world. OTH has been the BEST part of these last nine years, nine years I am so grateful for. Nine years I would not trade for anything!!!! Simply just hours now until, the last episode airs. Surely I don’t want this to end, but it has too, and I know tonigh’ts episode is bound to make everthing come to a full complete circle. Mark is a genius and has made magic happen!!! Cannot wait to continue supporting the cast and Mark in all that they do next!! We are all together, connected for life, and we are all FAMILY!!! Thank you ONE TREE HILL for EVERYTHING...I LOVE YOU MORE THAN ANYTHING!!

ALL MY LOVE,

XOXO KRISTIN ELIZABETH

@RivercourtSML