Eight years after she graduated her worse fears, and her parents came true.

She got a divorce,

was jobless, and had a little girl who she had to feed. She continued to work on the one thing that
made her happy and it helped her to still be motivated.

After 13 rejections with Harry Potter and the philosophers stone she finally had sold it to one
company for approximately $4,000.
 There were great things that came out of what she went through. Although they were horrible
and sad times she continued on and could always see hope at the end of the tunnel.

She speaks about her struggles and struggles of others at a Harvard graduation in 2008, hoping to
make a difference in not only in their life but also many other lives as well.
She is with her husband that has been there for her through most of the books and the movies.
They were married in 2000 and had two children together. After her first marriage she was
unemployed and it made it a lot more challenging for her with her first daughter.

She continuously says that her fears didnt kill her. She was still there. She was still pressing
forward and that is what she always had been doing.
 She continues to speak of the heartaches that she went through when she was unemployed and
how she overcame the pain and suffering that came with it.

The quote that is on this picture is something worth remembering when you are unemployed and
all of the time. It can help to know that you can try your best and that you know you did without
learning anything new and grand to be something that you are not.

She signs the books that she worked so hard to create and it became an amazing success. She put
everything she had into them and it really worked.
She succeeded in making her dreams come true. But first she had to go through a rough patch
where she had no job and had her and her baby to feed.
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