An Unkindness of Ravens

Tonight is a bittersweet night for me, because tonight is the night I said goodbye to an old friend. I'm a television watcher and throughout the years I've watched many a television show that has had an effect on me and given me such greatness. Has given me vast wisdom and feelings.

• In the early years I lived in the 90s growing up with Cory and Topanga. Something about this show still gives my heart great joy to watch. It is a show I will always hold dear even though it has been gone for over ten years.
• From the squeaky clean 7^th Heaven to the fast talking quirky Gilmore Girls. I grew from a silly preteen into a high school graduate in these shows. It has been five years since both of them had their series finales. I'm reminded how quickly time truly flies.

These shows have given me a jumping off point. Allowed me to laugh and cry. To wish and dream. To escape homework, stress, and parents for just a small amount of time. A great television show can do that for a person.

Yet there has always been such a special place for me in the world of North Carolina. It started in 2003 at the end of another show from the same town Dawson's Creek. As that show was taking its final bow a quiet new show was just coming into age.

One Tree Hill

Tonight was the series finale of One Tree Hill and it sure went out with such a beautiful bow. A quiet goodbye to a nine year journey that makes me tear up to think about ending. I think what was so special for me about this show is that it captured a lot of the parts about me I could related to. I graduated the same year as the characters in 2007. I have a passion for music like Peyton Sawyer, the pure heart of Haley James, and the boldness and sarcasm of Brooke Davis. These three girls (with the exception of Lucy Camden and Rory Gilmore) really inspired me to be the type of girl I am today. They were such wonderful role models and although they are television characters they felt as real as my friends.

I know I tend to get a little emotional about the ending of shows that are such an important part and cover a good chunk of my life, but I will try to keep it together. I grew up with the Tree Hill gang. With every wedding, every last birth, every death and destructive dramatic thing I held my breath living in those moments with them. Like I said around the time Gilmore Girls ended I know I will find other shows. Since then I've found Big Bang Theory and Glee which I adore. There is always a future and always something to look forward to. I appreciated One Tree Hill's glimpse of the future in the final moments of tonight's episode because it reminded me to always look forward and to always wish for the future. That no secret, no wish, no wonder if out of my reach. So tonight I think I will listen to a little Gavin Degraw. Although I wish I could have seen Lucas and Peyton tonight for one final time I understand that like a good friend moving away sometimes life moves on and you have to say goodbye to people.

So Good Bye One Tree Hill, thank you for being such a significant part of my life for such a wonderful amount of time. From the first moments of the River Court to the final moment in a basketball court we have all grown up. I started watching as a young high school girl and now I'm a 23 year old young women. Thank You for helping my growing up process be a little bit easier.
I will always love you and miss you. So until I watch repeats and the Seasons I own on DVD. This is goodnight ravens.