Dear Jon....

I hated to do it, but I had no choice. I have given him every opportunity and he has continued to ignore me. It hurts, of course, but I guess I asked for it...

I have never been shy about sharing my feelings about him. In fact, most people know how much I like him. At least, those people who know me personally. My friend, Tommy, even calls me to let me know when I can see Jon......and where. Thanks, Tom, I appreciate your help.

I can't tell you exactly when I first noticed Jon, or where I was. I just remember that I thought he was quite talented, and worth getting to know more about. He had that certain je ne sais quoi that I find so terribly appealing.

And so, in typical “school girl admiration” I posted his picture on my bulletin board. I would like to tell you that it was a picture he sent to me, but it wasn't. I tore it out of a magazine. There he was, buttoning his shirt, asking me if I had rocked somebody's world...... And he was looking RIGHT AT ME!

Oh, I know what you're thinking: how could I think he would notice me? But then, listen to the words he wrote, just for me: “You Want to Make a Memory....” I mean, really, how could I not think he was as smitten as I was?

I was cleaning house this weekend. No nook or cranny escaped my query. Garbage bags full of unused, or hardly used, things are ready to go to the Goodwill Store. Broken things are in the dumpster. Jon went in the shredder.

I looked at him every day, as I sat at my desk in my home office. Oh sure, recently, after getting WiFi, I wasn't spending as much time with him as before. But I still thought about him. I still listened for him. And nothing. Nothing at all from Jon. Shredding him might have been cruel, but not as cruel as his dogged determination to ignore me.

It is still jarring to walk in my home office and he isn't there, staring at me, buttoning his shirt. Yes, Jon, you rocked my world, even if you never even noticed me. I will still listen to you, and recall your tenure on my bulletin board with great fondness. But that's all. It's over. I'm moving on.

Ciao, Jon Bon Jovi!!