User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4165292-20110718174734

Harry Potter..... I grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione. As he went battled with Lord Voldemort numerous times I was with him the whole time. I feel so connected with Harry. He's like the friend that's always there when I need him. Hogwarts represent a world that I could escape too whenever reality got a little too much to me. A place where there's magic, chaos, and fun at every corner. J.K. Rowling lets ordinary muggles into this magical world that makes you feel like your actually apart of it. I'm one of those geeks that waited day after day on the summer of my 11th birthday for my Hogwarts letter (I'm still waiting). I read each book 24 times because I keep on feeling like I'm apart of the world, a world I wish was real. At relay for life I read Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets because I wanted to give all the cancer patients and survivors hope that I had whenever I read it. I went to all the premieres sitting anxiously in my Harry Potter getup and cried and sobbed when Dobby died. Without Harry Potter I wouldn't be the girl I am today. Thank you J.K. Rowling for giving me the best years of my life!