User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4156239-20110716165409

What does Harry Potter mean to me? The Harry Potter series (books and films) are an opening to a world of complete magical escape. The books are beautifully written and the movies bring them to life. My whole family enjoys Harry Potter. I can see a lot of people identifying with him. He didn't have such a great childhood, but he overcame that and found a new family though friends and professors. You can find that love, just like that. Harry has taught so many things. You can have loss in your life and you gain so many things when the right opportunity opens for you. All those letters from Hogwarts, Hagrid busting in the holiday getaway. "Its not everyday a young man turns eleven." I love it. Harry Potter means so much to me, that in the worst of times, there is the light. HP has taught that good does indeed rule of evil. Its so great to be able to share this with my family. We enjoyed the books, the movies and the book parties, HP brought us closer together. I will always be greatful to HP (well JK Rowling) for inventing this wonderful worlds. As Harry, I lost my parents, I could identify with that. His bond with his friends are so amazing, not many people get that. HP has also brought so many children to reading again, and that is awesome. When I went through my cancer, I named my tumor "Riddle jr." (maybe odd to some of you) It was easier to focus on it by it being evil Riddle jr. I just fought harder as if it were my life or Riddle's. (It worked, 9 yrs cancer free) Some of my HP friends told me they were my Dumbledore's Army and were fighting for me. Harry Potter will forever be part of my family and me.