User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4140216-20110712182006

When I was ten, in 2001, the entire wizarding world was a mystery to me. I had never even heard of a boy with a lightning bolt scar named Harry Potter. At that time, I didn't even want to have anything to do with it. But for my friends birthday party, we went to a showing of ' Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone ' and from that moment on, I've been hooked. I almost feel a connection with the wonderful characters Jo Rowling has created. I feel as though I've grown up with Harry, been with him in every single moment of adventure and happiness. I feel as though I've been on this entire journey with Harry. I can somehow connect with a lot of the characters, which I think is another reason it means so much to me. Jo's characters aren't simply Mary Janes. No, their all complex. Their not all simply evil or good, there's grey in between. I honestly can't picture my life without Harry Potter with me. Now, as the Harry Potter film franchise is closing it's curtain, so is my childhood. And when those end credits role I know I'll blubber like a baby, but I know it's not really the end. Harry Potter will never end. It will always live in a special place in my heart, as well as in the hearts of others. J.K. Rowling said " ...Hogwarts will always be there to welcome you home.", and that's what is it to me. My home. And now as I say goodbye to my home, I know that those seven books, eight movies, and the lifetime of cherished memories it's left in me, will last for generations and generations. I only hope that it will one day impact my children's lifes as it has mine.