User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4153759-20110716031200

It's hard for me to put into words what Harry Potter has meant to me. Not even that I loved the story and the characters -- which I truly did -- but Jo Rowling didn't just write a story, she created a world. A world that is filled with beautiful and rich traditions and a place where good doesn't just triumph over evil, it battles and fights for what's right until the end with bravery and love. Every child who grew up with Harry Potter found refuge in the wizarding world no matter how outcast they were in their real life. That's what Harry Potter was for me, a well-written other world I could escape to. I've grown up with Jo Rowling's world and I love it. Last night I laughed, and I cried, and I watched as the last glimmering celebration of my whole childhood came to it's glorious end. That world will forever be a part of me and I will bring my children up with Harry Potter in hopes that they find the same wonder and true magic that I did and still do.