User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4150013-20110715084549

To me Harry Potter started out as just a book that was given to me by a friend and told I would like it. As soon as I started reading it I fell in love with the character and I loved the fact that the weasley's were red heads, cause I am a redhead and it made me laugh to think that I was finally put into a story. It was a story I could grow up with and for 10 very long years I was at every midnight premiere of the Harry Potter movies. This last one I was able to take my 16 year old sister to it. We bought Harry Potter clothes to wear and we had a blast. It wasn't just a story it was a way to deal with the problems and hardships of growing up. It was my alternate reality and I connected with the characters. Being now 21 I see so many reasons why I fell in love with the book series but mostly it was a means of escape to find yourself as Harry's friend and ally in the battle of good vs. evil and finding your inner strength in the time of darkness or hopelessness. So that is what Harry Potter means to me