I have been participating in Relay for Life for a few years now. I'm not a veteran by any means and never claim to be. The reason I started Relaying is because I have lost loved ones to cancer and don't want others to have to go through that so I Relay to help raise the money needed to combat this vile condition.

 Recently, however, I have become disappointed in others who participate. This prior weekend I participated in the Labette County Relay for Life here in Kansas and was quite disappointed in a few of the teams. Due to possible inclement weather the layout for the Relay had been slightly altered and when word came that storms were coming, the committee made the decision to move the Relay into the LCC gymnasium, which had been the plan all night due to the possibility of storms.

Once the word had arrived that the Relay would be moved indoors, several of the teams overran the decision of the committee and decided to pack up and go home. This is a sad travesty and a disappointment. I just have one thing to say to the teams that decided that since they would have to endure some hardships they were going home.

What cancer victim do you know that has the opportunity, when the going gets tough, to pack up and "go home?" If cancer victims could just stop having cancer when they felt they couldn't endure a little hardship, we would have no need to raise money or relay.

Cancer victims face hardships far worse than that of a few hours crammed into a gymnasium with others fighting to cure them. Thank you all for raising the money you did, but the idea of relay is to prove to those with cancer that we care and that we can face hardship too, even though smaller than that faced by those cancer victims.

I'm sorry for my rant, but this needed to be said.