Why I Harry Potter
Well, it's been a while since my first post so I thought I would start from the beginning. Hi, my name is Cheryl and I live in Watertown, NY. My husband just retired from the Army after 22 years and took a civilian job at Fort Drum, NY. I was born, raised and lived my entire life in the south and being up north is taking some getting use to.
I have worked since I was 15 years old and for the past 16 years in the field of Property Management. Let me tell you that this is one of the most stressful positions you can imagine. Shortly after we moved to Watertown, I got another job as a property manager, but I finally realized this was going to be just like every other job. I was tired of giving 110% to a job and my family getting what was left of me. It was time for me, and time for my family. So I quit! Now I am more relaxed and happy than I have been in 20 years. I laugh everyday and when it rains, I don't have to worry. LOL
I joined Live Journal for one reason. To Join the HP quilting group and stitch the Harry Potter blocks. I am making this quilt for my daughter Elizabeth. Sounds pretty simple, I am making a quilt for my daughter. But it means so much more to me. Elizabeth and I have been attending the movies since she was a young teen. It's a mother-daughter thing to us. When she moved away to Georgia, I drove from lower Alabama just to see the midnight premiere and when it was over, drove all the way home just to get up 1 & 1/2 hours later to go to work. And the books.....we were there for most of the midnight releases. And the opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I had not been on a plane for 15 years but when we learned it was opening the day after her birthday, it was a must! And the look on her face when we finally made it through the arch was priceless. And our final trip, to the Harry Potter Exhibit in Ontario. These are memories that I will hold onto forever. So with each block I stitch, I think of the time she and I have spent together.
And it's not just me. She told me that she relates the Harry Potter books and movies to her childhood. She feels that in July of next year, when the last movie is released, it will be an end to her childhood and time for her to be an adult. Now you must know that she is 23, married, works fulltime, and is a college student so she is far from being a child.
The quilt, is my way of telling her to hold onto the child in her. And to remember the times she and I have spent together.
So that's it. That's why I am sewing this quilt.
