User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4126975-20110712040307

As cheesy as it sounds, Harry Potter has really been my life every since I read the first book, well, it was read to me, I should say. My second grade teacher created a reward system in our class to where if we all did really well on our spelling tests every week, she would read the class a chapter. Needless to say, this became the most amazing motivation any of us ever could have asked for. Through all of the craziness that has been my life, Harry has always been there for me, no matter what. He inspired me to be a better person and to fight for what I believe in. Hermione Granger taught me that it is okay to be the brain and one of the guys. Ronald Weasley showed me that it is okay to become emotional and lose your mind from time to time. J.K. Rowling, my idol, has taught me to believe that anything is possible, and my aspirations of becoming an author are in reach as long as I persist. Harry Potter is my life, my love, my everything, and even if everything else seems lost, I will always have these books, these films, and my imagination.