User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4164566-20110718145632

Harry Potter is the last 9 years of my life. I have graduated from high school and college, gotten married, moved to a new city, bought a house, and had 5 jobs. I will never forget the first time I sat down to watch Harry Potter and Sorcerer's Stone. I was a senior in high school and I sat down to see what the hype was all about. It was the weekend that Chamber of Secrets came out in theaters. I fell in love instantly. By the time I had seen the second movie I was ready to sit down and read the books my mom had bought for my sister the year before. I became immersed into the world and I haven't looked back. The story itself is so powerful in it's themes and relationships between characters that I could spend hours just talking about them. Over the last few weeks I have done just that with a few HP fans at work. With the last movie I experienced the loss of friends that I had grown up with and the loss of someone I looked up to for strength, courage, and how to immensely love someone. Harry Potter came to me as I entered the age in which I moved from girl to woman and the lessons I've learned from HP have helped shape the woman I am today.