Bon Jovi Fan for Life: Never Say Goodbye

Bon Jovi Fan for Life: Never Say Goodbye: "The story of how I became a BonJovi fan starts off in 1988, I was 11 years old, I had just lost my dad and was dying inside because I mi..."

Never Say Goodbye

The story of how I became a BonJovi fan starts off in 1988, I was 11 years old, I had just lost my dad and was dying inside because I missed him so much and wanted to be with him. I tried to kill myself to be with him I didn't want to go on. I took a bottle of pills, asthma pills, which only made me throw up and have my heart pound out of my chest. Everyone was sleeping and I just stood up on bunkbed thinking of how to end my life. Since our room was next to the kitchen I decided to get a knife and slit my wrist, I didn't like pain but I really didn't know how to end my life. I was only 11 what did I know. Anyway as I was climbing down I slipped and knocked down my sisters red radio, it turned on the the song playing was "Never Say Goobye". I just sat there hearing the chours and cried so hard. It felt like someone was holding me and I could just let go.

I stood up the whole night trying to find the song again and who had sang it, I spent two weeks listening to the radio and eveytime I caught some of the song. On a Sunday I was listening to the Top 40 countdown on Z100 in New York, I knew I was going to hear it and I did only half of it, they also they played "Wanted Dead or Alive", I knew it was the same band I don't know how but I knew. When they mention Bon Jovi from New Jersey I knew it was them. I started going to the store and buying the metal magazines and finding out all I could about the band. I could not afford to buy the album or tape so I recorded what I could off the radio. This album started it all for me.

Then "Living on A Prayer" came out and I just couldn't believe it, they had did it again, I was trying to figure out what to do with myself I was struggling in school and struggling at home. One day while switching channels I stopped at MTV and they were giving the video. Richie had my heart the way he played the guitar, the way he looked. I wanted to runaway and marry him but I knew I had to wait until I was older. So like the song say "we got to hold on to what we got, it doesn't make a difference it we make it or not". I was going to meet them. My room was posted with Bon Jovi pictures I was always listening to the radio to hear them and when I did, it was like they were their with me. I felt like they were writing the songs of my life, I couldn't believe this band was real and I wanted to see them live and wanted to talk them for saving me. I have a story for most of their songs and now I will post it hear because I want them to know how they have affected my life.

Which do you prefer?

I am one of the few who still says Merry Christmas to everyone I talk to and I am not ashamed by it. Why now do people want us to say Happy Hoilday? If you do not believe in Christmas or your religion is different and someone say Merry Christmas to you just nod your head or smile.

I work in retail and they want us to say Happy Hoilday to all the customers so we don't hurt anyones' feeling. Look I am so tired of people changing things because we might hurt someone feelings. I once said Merry Christmas and you would think I cursed her out. The lady yelled at me saying "don't wish me a merry christmas I don't believe in christmas." I was shocked, just by me saying two words to a fellow american, two words that many people have said to one another for many years and now people want to change that.

I will always say Merry Christmas to everyone I met and talk too. I will say it starting Merry Christmas on black friday because that is when tha season starts for me, that is when I start decorating my house and play christmas music. I celebrate thanksgiving first than christmas. People need to enjoy all the hoildays and spend that time with family. To me saying Merry Christmas is a gift I can give to everyone.

Merry Christmas