User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4147938-20110714200109

To me Harry Potter means a magical journey I have taken with both of my sons as they have grown up. From taking my older son out of school (he still talks about it to this day & he's 18) to see the first showing of the first movie - just the two of us - to going to the midnight release parties of the books with both boys and my husband. We have had story time when my younger one was too little to read the books to now doing story time before each movie though at 12 & 18 they can easily read it by themselves. We bought a life size Hagrid cutout from a theatre and put him on our porch with a Hogwarts letter on our son's 11th birthday. He said he knew the books were fantasy but still hoped to get a Hogwart's letter as deep down we all do. Thanks to Harry Potter the pure joy on his face that morning is one of my favorite memories from his childhood. Both boys still talk about how we had to buy 4 copies of the last book because none of us could wait to read it. Harry Potter was a comforting and inspiring friend to read or watch when dealing with childhood tribulations (and adult one too).Harry Potter took us on an wonderful adventure individually but even more importantly as a family especially when life can be so busy. So to me Harry Potter means family.