Celebrate the Little Moments: Harry Freakin' Potter

Hello everyone!

So today I thought I would tackle a question asked of me by my creative writing teacher, one day we had a free working period, he walks over to me and starts talking to me about what I was working on and out of seemingly nowhere he asks me "Sarah, why do you like Harry Potter so much?" I honestly didn't know why I did, I just kind of did. I told him the following story: I was 13 years old (I had absolutely hated the series at this point) when I got grounded for a bad grade in Math. I was sitting at home bored, when my 19 year old cousin came over. I was talking to her and I asked her what I should do, I didn't know what she was doing but she ran up to my brothers room, brought me the first Harry Potter book, and told me to read to at least Chapter 6 by the time she left, I got about halfway through the book. I was grounded for two weeks, but the books took me 3 weeks, so I grounded myself for an extra week. I didn't realize it then, but that was a rough time in my life. My best friend Ainsley, was diagnosed with depression, I didn't find that out until this year, but she started blocking everyone out, got a Twitter and spent more time with them, because her depression was getting worse. I was personally still recovering (Mentally) from a surgery I had 2 years prior to the reading. I had almost died, and I was appreciating life much more. I had hated the books for a long time without ever trying them. I thought reality was where I belonged, but the near death experience, made me realize, I need fantasy. I surprised myself, I was never a reader, but those three weeks had completely changed that. I was never bored after reading the first book, I was always wondering "What will the Dursley's do to Harry?" Now, I think back to fourth grade, I had this teacher, I hated his guts, and it was because his room was Harry Potter themed. Now that I read it, I think he'd be a pretty awesome teacher. I now have tons of Harry Potter things (A Poster book, A pair of HP Glasses plastic and an actual pair of glasses, two tee shirts, a stuffed animal and a Hogwarts acceptance letter) I made a bunch of amazing friends because of this series, this book series has taught me that friendship, and courage are two of the most important things a person could have. Before, I was sad and alone, but now I am always happy and know I'm never alone as long as there is a book nearby, I was incredibly inspired by the character of Luna Lovegood who taught me that its okay to be different than everyone else. Now Harry's everywhere in my life

Project in 8th grade, magazine ad for Ollivanders

Again Eight grade project, Billboard for Honeydukes

Project for 8th grade, CD Cover

Me after the Midnight premiere of the last Harry Potter movie
"Harry Potter Hangover" as my older sister calls it.

I has tie!!

My friend went to Wizarding World of Harry Potter, despite her hatred for the series, she brought me back my Pygmy Puff, which I named Fleur after Fleur De la Cour