Goodbye, Harry
With melancholy in my heart I gripped the ticket and headed towards the theater. It was time to see the final movie in a series I've grown to admire and love along with my kids. When J.K. Rowling created Harry Potter, did she have an inkling just how huge this one character would become? Did she even fathom parents buying the books and devouring them, perhaps even before their children could grab them? What a gift she has given to all of us and now, sadly, we have to let go and bid a final goodbye. As a parent, I received Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone as a free gift with a purchase from a now defunct online company. I took the book out from the box and looked it over, reading the blurb and wondering if I should read it. My oldest was only four and still content with characters named Sam I Am, Max, and George. All it took was my perusal of the opening chapter and I kept on reading, only stopping because I had to. Thank you, Ms Rowling for giving me back my love of...