Hilarie Burton Reveals the Sweet Way Sophia Bush and Ashlyn Harris Showed Up for Her After a Tough Year

Hilarie Burton Morgan is sharing how the nearest and dearest showed up for her when times got tough

Published Time: 30.10.2024 - 03:31:13 Modified Time: 30.10.2024 - 03:31:13

Hilarie Burton Morgan is sharing how the nearest and dearest showed up for her when times got tough.

In a heartfelt Instagram post on Oct. 28, the One Tree Hill alum, 42, admitted that she was “unhappy” last year after “working too much.”

“And so I made a choice to change how I worked so that I would have more time to participate in my kids lives,” she shared alongside several photos from a Halloween event before adding that she now is “lucky” to volunteer with “some of my favorite people on the planet.”

“We’ve had multiple huge events since school started - the back to school town picnic, the bonfire, Homecoming last week and the Halloween Festival yesterday, the fall play……it’s a lot and I’m sleeeeeeeepy,” she explained alongside photos. “But also SO happy. I love seeing these kids light up, and watching more and more parents join in all the fun.”

She then gave a special shoutout to those closest to her for their support amid the busy back-to-school season, starting with her husband Jeffrey Dean Morgan, who she posed with while wearing a witch costume.

“I also love how supportive my husband @jeffreydeanmorgan is,” she wrote. “Still a flutter when that dude walks in the door.”

The actress added that her former One Tree Hill costar Sophia Bush and her girlfriend Ashlyn Harris also made a surprise trip to see her, saying, “And I LOVE that my angels @sophiabush and @ashlynharris24 surprised us with a visit and got a real taste of small town community. Worlds colliding and showing up for each other in fun random ways……that’s real love, babes.”

Bush and Harris posed with the actress in separate photos from the festivities. 

Burton Morgan concluded her -

message by reflecting on how she finds Halloween to be a holiday filled with love.

“Halloween isn’t a holiday that is typically affiliated with ‘love’,” she explained. “But for me? This is when we shower each other with creativity and effort and mischief and CANDY! And what could be more loving than that?!?!”

She added: “Love our community. Love my friends. Love my family. Stay Spooky, everyone. Xoxoxoxo”

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Burton Morgan recently told PEOPLE that her biggest achievement was being the "haunted house lady" in her town.

While discussing her 2024 Halloween plans with her son Augustus "Gus," 14, and daughter George, 6, whom she shares with her husband, she said, "My favorite thing we've ever done is I got involved with my kid's school.”

"There really wasn't a town Halloween celebration," she shared. "And so last year I put together a haunted house at my son's middle school. Every parent brought a 10 x 10 pop-up tent and we put them all together to make a whole house of rooms."

"It was bananas!" Burton Morgan exclaimed. "It's probably my crowning achievement."

"I don't care about television, I don't care about the books. If I can be the haunted house lady in my town, I did it," she joked, adding, "This year I have to make it bigger than last year. It's a lot of pressure."

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