User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4142090-20110713073359

I'm not even sure how to put in to words what Harry Potter means to me. I really can't say it's my childhood since I didn't discover the magic until I was a bit older than most. I was in high school actually. As I got closer and closer to graduating the simplicity and magic of my childhood started fading from my life, until a friend handed me a book. A book about a young wizard who would teach me more than I ever learned in high school. It taught me about love, friendship, bravery, that there is good and evil in everyone but it's the side we choose to act on that matters, that happiness can be found in the darkest of times if one only remembers to turn on the light, and If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals. Remus Lupin especially helped me, and he'll always be my favourite. I was beginning to fall into an eating disorder when I was reading Chamber of Secrets, then when I picked up Prisoner of Azkaban his signature line was, "Eat this, it'll help." It gave me the courage to get help for the battle I was fighting with myself. Being graduated now, I feel as though my childhood will end early on Friday morning, when the credits roll for the final film, when the mischief is managed. So even though this chapter of my life has to end, a new chapter is just beginning and the magic that Harry and his friends have brought to me will live on in my heart forever. I've laughed, cried, battled, overcome, and journeyed with these books. It's given me a hunger for knowledge and the courage to face my fears.

So to simply sum up what Harry Potter means to me, it's this: there is hope for tomorrow, light in the dark, love overcomes evil, and in the end all is well.