User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4189081-20110723002539

Harry Potter, to me, is my childhood, but it's also my future. Without Harry Potter, I would have never entered a world so magical; I would have never known an obsession so deep. Because of Harry Potter, I have sat by my window everyday at the end of the summer before I turned eleven, hoping for a letter from an owl for my Hogwarts letter (only now to realize if anything, I would have received one from the Salem Witches Institution since I live in America). I would have shed less tears without Harry Potter over the losses of Sirius Black, Dumbledore, Hedwig, Dobby, Mad-Eye Moody, Lupin, Tonks, and the most beloved Fred Weasley. I would have never realized my deep loving for gingers (oh, those Weasleys, so adorable!). I probably wouldn't have wanted to dye my hair red so much if I hadn't been obsessed with the Weasleys (Ron and the Twins especially). The only movie premiers I had ever gone to were for Harry Potter - dressing up in Gryffindor gear. The only books I bought on the day they were released were the Harry Potter books. I'd probably never own a tie without Harry Potter (I needed a Gryffindor tie, I told myself when I was surfing the web). I wouldn't have named my kitten Fred without Harry Potter. So, you can see, out of those small things, I wouldn't have a lot of things without Harry Potter. For me, Harry Potter is everything. On the nights where I just wanted to be somewhere else, I'd dream of being whisked away to Hogwarts. J.K. Rowling gave me a beautiful and magical childhood, it would have been so dull without her and so I thank her. There may be no more books or movies to look forward to, but it's not over; it will never be over. "Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home."