User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4164442-20110719181605

Ever since I was six, I've been watching the movies, reading the books,collecting as much Harry Potter as I could. Now I'm fourteen and it's been 8 years since I entered the world of Harry Potter and I finally went to a midnight premiere of Harry Potter, the last Harry Potter movie. Harry Potter has gotten me through some really hard times. My family has always been dysfunctional with my mom's bipolar and my dad's anxiety, and I've been in and out of foster care because of that. So, I have been really depressed a few times and Harry, the books, the movies, the world, got me though it. these books saved me. If it wasn't for these books, I don't know if I'd be here today. Another thing that Harry did was be my best, and sometimes only, friend. In second grade people called me a freak, a wannabe, crazy, rude, mean, weird, etc. because I tried to hard to get everyone to like me. N o one did.So, I ended up going outside during recess, hide under a tree and read the newest book, one of my favorites, or just whichever one I grabbed that day, and reading until the bell rang. In third grade, a girl came and she was considered a freak right away. It took me awhile, after all, I had gone a year without a friend, but we ended becoming friends, my life was looking up and I learned how to make friends, be social because of Harry Potter. Now, notice I never said the series was over. I never said that for a reason, as long as kids are still reading harry Potter, as long as people are still thinking of Harry Potter, as long as people still remember the series, it's not over. This series that saves lives, becomes a friend, and just gives entertainment will never be over until there is no one who remembers it. So what does Harry Potter mean to me all in all? An escape, a place to go where you know everyone's gonna be okay, where you can lose yourself even if you've read the books and seen the movies maybe a trillion times. Harry Potter means hope, love and joy. Harry Potter means evreything good in this world.