Early this year I ended a four year relationship with someone who I thought was the love of my life. Things became completely different after my accident. I became aggressive, angry, and helpless. I have to be honest, before accident I was one of those poeple who would always looked at an amputees and just was so happy that wasn't me. Now I didn't make fun anyone, I was just happy that I was "NORMAL". One thing my Mom told me was that "There is no such thing as normal or regular when your descriding an human being" and for the longest time I never understood what that meant. Now before my accident I was this cocky, swallow, teenager, but on the other had I was a very happy easy to get alog with kind of guy. An it was like being in my accident having all the attention of an entire city on me fueled the worst parts of my personality. So I became cockyer, and more aggressive, and no one could tell me what to do or say, not even how to act what I did was my business an if someone didn't likeit; that was thier problem. My now ex girlfriend yea she help in a way, but thats if you call lying and cheating helpin. I mean it was like she forced to stand on my own, but I needed her to be there for me and to have my back. I lost maybe 95% of all my friends and I had no one to turn to. No girlfriend, no family,.... no body.

 Now I'm back on my feet no more drama, and no more pain. I am finally working again, saving up for college, driving, and most importantly being the real me. Honest, caring, and helpful.

An what my Mom told me about being normal has finally made sence to me. Even with my body the way it is? I can still do all the things I ever wanted to do. I just have to do them in a different way. An just because I'm phyiscally disabled does mean I can't find the girl of my dreams and finally settle down an get married. Me being diabled has only changed how I look at my life and now I'm walkin in the shoes of a person who born with a diablitiy, and a person whose disablitiy was brought on by an accident or a medical issue.

sesteps I have taken have made me a stronger person and has allowed me to see life from a different angle and someone ele point of view. An I couldn't be more thankful.

 "Me being different is what makes me normal"- CuShun Melson

And I will never forget that.

My name is CuShun Melson. On Dec. 23, 2005 me along side my best friend went driving. I wish I could remember that night. While on our way to pick up another friend I lost control of the car. The car began to flip down hill, we went over a stop sign, knocked down a light pole, and struck a tree. My Bestfriend was ejected from the car because he did not choose to ware his seat belt. He died later on that night. I obtained life threating injuries: I Shattered the bones in my left ankle, my right was ripped off, my femur (thigh bone) broke outside of my leg, I also shattered the bones in my left forearm, and along with  open wound fractur on my right tri-ceip.

 On April 19, 2006 I had half of my right foot amputeed. So I got spend my 18th birthday in the hospital. Lucky me I still got the chance to walk with my class that following May. Its going on 2 yrs. now since my accident and I'm still not use to body and its changes. I have pushed my body to its limits. I started walking way before the predicted time my doctors set. I'm doing things that I was told I wouldn't be able to do anymore, but now its like I've hit a wall. An because of my amputation it has become very hard and stressful to try and work out my right leg. An if anyone knows anything to help me out I am all ears.