I joined back in July 2007. I was on Facebook and ran across a post about this site from Alicia Barker and was curious so I clicked it. I had never rp'd before so my first threads were atrocious and first person. I started Lily in the second year of school and had so much fun from that point. I made so many friends that, even though we have all drifted away from the site for the most part, we still talk almost daily and see each other almost every summer. The sleepless nights up talking on Skype in massive groups of people from all over the world were amazing. The best though was meeting people face to face. And yes, there is a planned girls' road trip this summer. Watch out Mall of America!
I think the best memories I have on site are some of the epic role plays I was lucky enough to be part of. Lily and Blake breaking up, the Halloween ball blow out, Lily and Sumner connecting (all over the place), eloping in 7th year, losing a child during quidditch, finally becoming a real grown up. Lily has grown from a little 11 year old girl sent away by her family to a 31 year old wife and mother of a gaggle of children.
Happy Anniversary HNZ! Here's to the next 10!!