User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4161808-20110718003125

Harry Potter means my whole childhood, I remember when I was 4 years old and I didn't know how to read that well yet but I can still visualize walking into the theatre. To excited to see what this magical world could be, their was I 4 years old never even realizing how big of an impact this series could make on my life. Harry Potter, the boy in the cupboard under the stairs helped me believe in magic. As a child I created a fantasy that the magical world in Harry Potter was real, Wishing I had magical powers "practicing" my magic with sticks I found in the backyard. Fast forward to when I was 11 years old, when it was my birthday I had checked the mailbox for a week to see if I got my acceptance letter to Hogwarts. My sisters giggled at me saying that I was being silly and that Harry Potter wasn't real. As I knew, I just was "checking just to make sure." When I knew I would for sure not get my letter, I decided to read the books. By then all the books were out, so I wouldn't have to worry about waiting for the next book. As I grew on to the characters I've known to love today, I even teared up as I knew that the end was near for Harry Potter. Fast forward to the premeir to Deathly Hallows pt:1, I was anxious to see if they could make the movie more meaningful than the book. With even more detail, if that were possible. As normally Harry Potter surpassed my expectations by far! Then I was dreading, but still anxious to see the next movie. I was still sad that my childhood would ending with the completion of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part:2. Fast forward to July 13, 2011 I was feeling even more sad. Even though technically Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part:2 will be in 2 days. It still felt like was tommorow night to me. While watching the last movie I was tearing up (but not really crying) knowing what will happen to some of my favorite characters. Although the one part that made me chuckle a little bit was when Nevill Longbottem was on the bridge leading to Hogwarts when the Death Eaters were trying to break through the enchanted "force field" to protect Hogwarts. At the end of the movie I felt like the end of an era has arrived, but in my heart. Harry Potter lives on. Through the books, through the movies, and through us. For the readers and fans who had stuck with Harry until the very, end. So when I grow old, sitting in my rocking chair. I will be reading Harry Potter, when my adult children and grandchildren will say "your still reading that book?" And i'll say "Always."