Life Less Ordinary

After Being Trafficked And Abused I'm Finally Happy And Helping Other Women Overcome Arbobogg Imagery via Getty Images
Being The First Woman To Run 100 Miles Over A Frozen Lake Taught Me About My Own Mental Allie Bailey
I Took Up Archery To Escape Poverty - Never Did I Dream I'd Become The Best In The Handout via Getty Images
I Thought I Found True Love With My Prison Pen Michael Guerra
Nothing I Do Will Ever Be As Grand As That Last Motorcycle Ride With My True Hirkophoto via Getty Images
A Near-Death Experience Taught Me To Be A Better Rana Awdish
I Will Continue To Do All I Can For My Son James Until There Is No Breath Left In My Denise Fergus
It Took Surviving For Eight Days In Freezing Temperatures And Losing My Feet To Overcome My Meth Eric LeMarque
I Cannot Visualise Anything. I Close My Eyes And Only See Johner Images via Getty Images
I'm The First African To Fly Around The World Lola Odujinrin
My Scarred Body Reflects My Life And I Love
My Week Living In A
Convincing My Brother I'd Been Possessed By The Devil Was The Best Moment Of My
My Life Is Like Most People's, Except I Do Almost Everything

News

Painting In Space Gave Me Perspective On Our Reality As Nicole Stott
I Lost My Legs And Arm In Afghanistan And Now I Just Want To Show Life Is There For The Mark Ormrod
I Am 'Most Me' When I Am In Armour, Jousting On A Sarah Hay
Going From Party Girl To Team GB Triathlete: The Resilience I Didn't Know I Helen Croydon
I Fled War In Syria For Yorkshire And Now Make Your Favourite Squeaky Razan Alsous
I Found My Kidney Donor On Eddie Beatrice
I Predicted My Own Stephanie Arnold
As An MP You're Confronted With The Bizarre, Shocking, Vitally Important And Lots Of Utter PA Archive/PA Images
When My Boyfriend Faced Deportation I Had To Prove He Loved His Ally T via Getty Images
Love On A Möbius Strip: An Incredibly Improbable Sarah Stacke for The Moth
The Spy Who Loved The Moth
A Humpback Whale Tucked Me Under Its Fin And Saved Me From A Lurking Tiger Nan Hauser
Art Unifies Me And My 21 Different Kim Noble

UK

Cancer Took My Singing Voice And The Face I Knew But Music Kept My Soul
After Surviving Cancer In My 20's I Can't Wait To Turn
Burlesque Has Given Back To Me The Life My Stroke Took
After The Tsunami Hit Thailand In 2004 I Couldn't Leave Those In Need
Planning For The End Of My Life, Aged Just 17, Made Me Ensure I Wasn't

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