User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4147065-20110714153106

Harry potter is more than books and movies to me. Harry potter is my childhood. In 2001 the first movie came out, i was only 5 and my brother was 8. My brother had seen the trailer and begged my parents to take us, so they did. It frightened me at first. Then my brother started reading the books and i was always dragged to the midnight releases of the books one after another. I still remember sleeping in borders waiting until midnight so my brother could get the next book. Our family started going to every single movie. When i was in 4th grade I had a very hard time reading, i was even tested for Dyslexia. I hated reading but my brother would read harry potter out loud to me. Then my mom got put in the hospital. I had no idea what was going on and no one would tell me. My brother took care of me everyday while my dad was visiting my mom. One day, i picked up the first harry potter and asked my brother to read to me. He was doing homework and said no. I decided to try myself. It took me almost 2 hours to read the first chapter but i read a chapter everyday. I finally started reading above my grade level. I read every harry potter book. My mom went in and out of the hospital and the only hing that was constent in my life was harry potter. The end of the movies is bitter sweet. My mom is back in the hospital so our tradition of going to the midnight premire as a family is broken. My dad and brother and I are still trying to hold on to normal by going to the movie tonight. Harry Potter gave me something constent in my life when nothing else was. Harry helped me through my family troubles because he lost his family. I grew up with harry potter.