It is great to meet everyone as this platform has become helpful in navigating IBD specifically Crohn’s for me, but this has become a familiar place that is supportive and encouraging with the information provided by others who also fight hard! Every day is a challenge to so many of us, however, my hope is that one day with funding for research IBD will be that of the past. I reside outside of Houston Texas and there was an in-person group that met monthly prior to 2020 but has since dissolved. I have been working on gaining folks in all aspects of their own care to caring for others because not one journey is the same - just the IBD name. I advocate for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities on the local and state level however more so the local level. It's been a journey to gain perspectives from others as their support provides lighting purple much brighter. Well, that is all for now.