The end of an Era

Its sounds melodramatic but in all honesty that's all you can really call it.
The final nail in the coffin that is my childhood.
Okay, that was dramatic... how about the closing of the final chapter of my childhood?
Sure we'll go with that.
The first Harry Potter (HP) book came out at the same time we moved from Kirkland to Bothell. I was in a new school with no friends at that point. HP became an escape for me. It was a distraction when I felt lonely.
By sixth grade I was totally addicted to the world of HP and it had helped me make friends. My best friend of the time and I saw the first HP movie together and were enthralled with the whole thing.
As the years went on I was so emotionally invested in Harry and his friends that I cried when characters died, and stayed up until all hours of the night to see the midnight premiers of multiple movies.
Last friday, the last movie of the series was released.
The final premier, the final goodbye.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and felt like everything came to a wonderful close. I laughed, I cried, I found closure.
Some people might find this stupid, but HP really did have an impact on my childhood and how I grew up.
No there's no deeper meaning, and I recognize it as a child's story book.
But none the less a child's story book that means a lot to me.

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