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Well I had to do something really really hard today. I'm sure you remember my involvement in our first Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis this past June, it was so, SO awesome. I felt like my dreams for more awareness and support for Crohn's and colitis were coming true, and it was unbelieveable to see the 400+ people at the walk, including my friends and family, all there for a cause that is so dear to me. I just talked with the walk manager last week, and we had already been making preliminary plans for next year's walk. Well, once I realized what day of the week the walk will be on (SUNDAY), I had a real dilemma on my hands. It's my personal belief to not participate in extra-rec stuff like this on Sundays. I thought at first that I would just participate in everything leading up to the walk but not on the actual day itself. But the more I thought about it, I just didn't feel good about promoting the event, recruiting for it, or even asking for donations, since I myself don't support it because of the day it's on.


Well to make a long story short, I just talked to the manager again and had to tell her how I feel about that, and I resigned from the committee. Wow, who knew I would resign from a committee for a walk for colitis??? Not me. But I've known all weekend it's what I need to do, even though it was a hard decision. And after I told her, she informed me she's already had a few others who participated last year do the same thing. So I guess what I can hope for is that they don't do it on Sunday again. Still, it is REALLY a bum deal.


So, if you're interested, Take Steps for Crohn's and colitis 2010 will be on Sun. June 6th at 4:00pm at Ann Morrison Park--the same place last year. But there will be no team of my friends and family and I won't be raising any money for it this year. You probably won't hear me talk about it again on here. But I know that I've done the right thing, and I wouldn't trade it.