User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4171338-20110719204045

I've had Harry Potter since I was 11 years old, I've grown up surrounded by this magical world. Even though I'm 25 now, the world J.K. Rowling created means as much to me now as it did before. I can look back at all the special memories I've had created because of it. The special events for the books, curling up with classmates and friends on school lunch breaks to read. Curling up inside to read a book I've waited months for, eyes bright to find out what happens next. The midnight releases of both books and movies, surrounded by my fellow Marauders, talking about our favorite characters and events and about what we thought might happen next. There was always such a great energy in all these things. The memories of the tears that came with beloved characters deaths and with the conclusion of a series I'd grown up with and connected with for the better part of my life. My favorite memory though is curling up with the last book and reading it out loud with my cousin, each of us taking a chapter. Even though it's finished, I'll always have Harry Potter and I'll share it with my kids and their kids.