User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4168321-20110719065157

I remember when i was just a little kid and every night my mother would read to my sister and me. My famaly was going through a hard time then and it was just my mom, sister, and me. One day my mom took my sister and me out to a book store somewhere and she bought us a book. When i first saw the book i thought it was HUGE! I was use to books like "Go Dog Go" and "Green Egg's and Ham" when i first read the cover all i could make out was "Harry Potter And The....... What stone? At first i thought this story would be to long and hard to follow but when my mom read me the first page i was sucked in. I loved it! Every night we would be up late reading and i would always just ask my mom for one more page and one more page would turn into two more pages then three more and before we knew it another chapter was done! As i got older i started to read the books on my own. And as i read i lerned things that was more important then the story, i lerned stuff i could apply to my own life. For example Determtion is shown well in this story and we all need to be determind in life cause somtimes it can really hit us hard somtimes. one other thing i loved about the story was how i could relate to some of the characters in the story. No i did not go to hogwarts but a good example of what i'm saying is neville longbottom. In school he was never perfect and he was made fun of which i know everyboby cant relate to at some point in there life. yet in the seventh book he shows his courage and shows that even the kid whos not perfect is capable of doing great things which i always admired. Last friday when i went to see the last movie it was hard. it brought back many good and bad memories, from laying in my moms bed late at night lisaning to the first book. Or in some of the bad times of my life when i remember from the books, i need to be determind, i need my friends, and i need my famaly, and i will make it through theis hard times just like Harry. Thank you J.K. Rowling for giving us all this truly inspiring book. it made my childhood.