[HPFGU-OTChatter] What would have been different in your life if you never read Harry Potter?

[Sherry Gomes]

Alla:
What would have been different in your life had Harry Potter books never
existed? It does not have to be anything monumental, I mean these ARE just
books, but any change will do.



Sherry now:

I'd say the most important thing that would have been different is that
there are a few people I have met because of my involvement in HP fandom,
whom I would otherwise not have known.  Alla, you are one, and I consider
you a friend and can't imagine not knowing you, not being able to discuss
Harry and Sirius and then just anything else, even outside of Harry's world.

And I have a good friend locally, someone I knew casually previously, but
who reached out to me when she became obsessed with Potter and wanted to
talk.  she knew I'd been a fan for years.  Now she is one of my best
friends.

So, since I consider friendship to be the greatest gift in the world, to
have gained at least two friends--not to mention the world wide group of
acquaintances, several of whom I'd love to know better--Harry has definitely
changed my life for the better.

Sherry