User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4149190-20110715031831

Harry Potter has unknowingly become a part of my life. I haven't realized its importance to me until recently, although I've always been a fan, it has reached me on so many more levels. It gave me hope and strength and formed me to some degree as a person, influencing the way I think. It has helped me through harsh times and whenever I think of my past, I also think of Harry Potter. I might still be a young person with 16, but I've been 5 or six when I first touched a Harry Potter book and now, then years later I've read them over 40 times and watched the movies just as often. I can't describe properly what exactly they mean to me as I am realizing now, but all I can say is that the story has made me happy when I felt sad, it made me strong when I felt week. Whenever I am away from home for a long time and I read the books, it makes me feel home.