How we can all learn a lesson from the power of positivity - the YEP says

The 55-year-old has defied the odds after being told she only had a couple of years to live following her terminal cancer diagnosis in 2017.

She refuses to be defeated. Even the pandemic won’t beat her.

Mrs Hudson’s treatment was stopped and then restarted again in December. Next month she is due to find out how effective it has been - and we’re all rooting for her.

But for Mrs Hudson it is all about channelling the power of positivity.

At the moment, she is setting her sights on a post-Covid cruise with her devoted husband after almost a year of shielding.

We could all learn a lesson from her positivity.

And today she is sharing a heartfelt poem she has written to the city of Leeds, for us all to take inspiration and courage from during tough times.

Her final two lines say it all: “Stay safe, be careful, it’s not a game we play,

“Hopefully, our lives will be back to normal, one day.”

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