User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4179616-20110721110234

Before i start writing i would like to make it clear i am under age and do have my parents consent to enter. What harry Potter Means To me. I was 6months old when the first book was published in the U.K. and Over a year and a half when it came to the U.S. I know i'm not part of the kids who read the first book when they were twelve, i only barely remember seeing the movie in 2001, but harry potter has been through a lot with me. I remember becoming fascinated with the movies in first grade and then with the books at the end of my second grade summer. My grandmother had a stroke that Summer, weirdly enough just a few days before the release of hp and the half-blood prince. I went to the midnight release, as usual, (i went to all of them 3-7, i was to young before), to get my mind of everything that was happening. I did not read the book that summer, but i took it everywhere. I recall only being able to read 15 pages within those few days because i was so preoccupied,( to make things clear i didn't read the rest of the series yet even though i had them, i was just ambitious haha) with my grandma. After she passed away i wen't through a rough time, i felt incredibly guilty over her death because i thought i didn't treat her good enough. I started reading that year, before then i didn't really like reading before, i read the first harry potter that fall. I remember my mom coming in at 9 p.m. on a school night and being mad about me still being up and reading, i talked my dad into 30 more minutes of reading, little did they know after those thirty minutes i waited for them to go to sleep so i could finish my book. I went to bed at 11:30 that night, with the whole book finished, J.K.R opened up my heart, and imagination that night. For a 7 year old it doesn't take much to make them start believing in themselves again. My little brother recently has been getting into harry potter, because of my love for the series. He's too young to read but he watches my movies almost every night. Jo has made people believe again. To me Harry potter isn't about the franchise name, It's about the ability to open a book and be able to smile in even the darkest of times, & to be able to make a little kid's world. Harry potter has taught me to be brave, how a stable friendship should be based on loyalty, to open my imagination, to pity those who hate, and that love no matter what conquers all. Harry potter will always be in my heart, and i will forever be grateful to jo rowling & warner brothers for making my child hood dreams flourish.

yep, guess that was a bit cheesy but all the truth.