Erm... just saw that typo. Minor mistake. They still do great work. Yesterday, I had the pleasure of attending the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America 's Take Steps walk at Soldier Field in Chicago. Our team, the Incrohnables, led by the wonderful Angela, walked along the Chicago lake front with hundreds of others in support of further research into the cause of, and a cure for Inflammatory Bowel Disease. While I have some issues with the walk, (the talk of "overcoming" disease that seems to crop up with these events is always a little strange... although I totally understand that it comes from a place of encouragement and caring) I don't want to talk about that right now. What struck me most as I walked alongside this incredibly diverse group of people, each in some way affected by IBD, was the importance of community and a support system. Almost everyone there, as far as I could tell, walked with a team of people. Some small, some large, almost al...