Life Less Ordinary

My Mother's Death Taught Me The Civil Rights Movement Was Truly A Fight For Life And Death

Activist Barbara Collins Bowie retells how her mother's discriminatory treatment at a Mississippi hospital sparked a life in the civil rights movement
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What Learning My Dad Was One Of Israel's Most Notorious Bank Robbers Taught Me About Being A Man

Journalist Liel Leibovitz shares how it felt to find out his dad was the 'Motorcycle Bandit', and how that gave him the freedom to decide what kind of man he wanted to be
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I Thought If I Could Be A Mother Of Triplets, I Could Ski To The North Pole – I Was Right

Explorer Ann Daniels shares her ascent from applying for an Arctic expedition as an amateur to becoming one of the first women to ski to the North Pole
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The Day My Parents Didn't Pick Me Up From Liverpool Street Station

Bestselling author Neil Gaiman retells the story of being left at Liverpool Street as a child, for a special Life Less Ordinary collaboration between HuffPost UK and The Moth
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What Losing And Regaining My Hands Has Taught Me About Perseverance

Six years after sepsis took my own hands and feet, this year I became the UK's third recipient of a double hand transplant
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I Gave Up My Career To Bring Joy To Refugee Children Through Magic

After a 30-year career in aid work, I resigned to share my lifelong love of magic to inject happiness into the lives of children bearing the brunt of war
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I Won't Be Defined By Growing Up With An Abusive Psychopath Parent

Whenever my mother thought I was becoming too confident independent, we moved – then she used my cheating, controlling ex against me
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Fostering 136 Dogs Has Taught Me A Lot About Pets, But Even More About Humanity

After we fostered Frank, I scanned the pictures and stories at the kennel and told my husband, "there are too many good dogs still down there"
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What Running 33 Races In The Year I Turned 33 Taught Me About Myself And My Mental Health

After running 556 miles, cycling 161 miles and swimming 6.5 miles in 365 days, I felt in control of my body
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Vitiligo Changed My Brown Skin White – The Way People Treat Me Now Taught Me A Lot About Racism

I've been 'passing' as a white woman since age 30, and now I understand why some white people don't see discrimination
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About Life Less Ordinary
Life Less Ordinary is a weekly blog series from HuffPost UK that showcases weird and wonderful life experiences. If you’ve got something extraordinary to share please email ukblogteam@huffpost.com with LLO in the subject line