User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4161951-20110718004247

What Harry Potter means to me? Harry Potter means a lot to me. When I was first introduced to it I was so enthralled with the whole world that was created in the books. I was about eight years old when I was introduced to Harry Potter for the first time. I loved reading about Harry’s experiences in Hogwarts and I immediately fell in love with the characters, I felt as if I was in the books and I felt every single emotion Harry, Ron and Hermione had felt. When I was ten I went to the Ronald McDonald House in Minnesota because my brothers had gotten sick with a disease called ALD (sometimes fatal). I lived in MN for three months while my brother got his surgeries and one of the things I relied on to get me through was Harry Potter. The Second movie had just come out on DVD and it was like I was pulled into another world and I was able to escape all of my troubles. Harry Potter has helped me become a better person inside and out. When I was thirteen I watched POA and I felt as if I was growing with the characters. Once GOF came out in theaters I begged my mom to go see it. At the end I was crying because it was so heart wrenching and A part of me knew I would never get a chance to attend Hogwarts and that broke my heart. But I also knew that I would always have the movies to watch and look back on. After the 7th movie I cried, I didn’t know what I was going to do. I felt sort of empty and it had felt like my childhood had ended. I was so proud of the entire movie and especially the last one. It was bitter sweet but it turned out to be everything I had ever hoped for and more. Even though I’m nineteen, I always get excited when I hear the Harry Potter theme because no matter what changes I go through in my life, I’ll know that the Harry Potter series (Movies and Books) will always be in my heart.