User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4134811-20110710235632

Harry Potter means more than words can describe to me. Nothing has been a bigger part of my life! I started reading the first novel in first grade after seeing ads for the first film. I was definitely early getting into them and I was very shy, so for a short time, Harry, Ron and Hermione were my best friends. When I went into second grade, however, I found a friend who actually knew what Harry Potter was outside of the film! I was so happy. I'd go to her house and we'd play with all our Harry Potter toys (we had a Harry, Hermione, Ford Anglia, a Whomping Willow...we had a lot of fun.) Ever since then, I've read the books rabidly and waited in line for the books and movies as often as I could (in costume, no less!). When I turned eleven, I actually cried when I didn't get my Hogwarts letter. That's when I started writing fan-fiction. The final movie overjoys me and breaks my heart at the same - I'm so happy Harry Potter had made it this far but I can't believe it's the end. Of course, with a theme park, it'll never be the end! Once again, I can't say what Harry Potter means to me in a few words. It's too much. It's a link to other fans and it never fails to make me happy even when I'm really upset. I can just start reading and imagine I'm there and I'm so happy. It's my childhood and I can't wait for my future kids to feel the same way about it.