User blog comment:JoePlay/Wizarding World Giveaway/@comment-4151141-20110715162541

I started reading Harry Potter when I was just 12 years old leading me into my teenage years, and  now has ended just  one week before my adulthood begins at 25. Harry Potter is a big part of everyone's childhood, however for me it is more than just childhood, it is what has brought me closer to family. My nephew was born 11 years ago, during which time I was reading Harry Potter, at the hospital while he was being born even. I have a picture of my two month old nephew  sleeping on my  chest while I am laying on the couch while reading harry potter aloud to him. My nephew and I shared a bond that  was intense from the moment he was born until the time he was 3, at which point our family was estranged. Now seven years later he and I still have a strong connection all because of Harry Potter. After my family got back in touch and talking for some time, my nephew got the Harry Potter series as a suggestion from me and began reading them for himself. At this point he and I would talk on the phone at length about the books, the characters, and the sheer amazingness of the series. At Christmas I was invited down to Florida to go to Universal with my sister, brother-in-law and nephew. This would be the first time I would see then in over 7 years. I was most nervous seeing my  nephew as I wanted to know if the connected we had shared the first 3 years of his life, and while on the phone would transcend into our relationship in person. As soon as we started talking about the next day and about going to the Wizarding World of Harry  Potter I knew that our relationship would be as close as it always had been previously. My nephew and I still have the same connection that we had when he was first born, one that has been strengthened by a universal love of adults, and children alike of Harry Potter. A magical experience that we all are blessed to have experienced.