If you’re anything like me, the world’s health care workers are on your heart right now. After all, they’re the warriors on the front lines of this Coronavirus crisis, and we want to support them as they selflessly fight to save lives. When we put out a call for stories of Living Hope, it didn’t take long for us to hear about Megan—one of these healthcare heroes and a parent at a Catholic school in Seton’s Blended Learning Network.
Megan McGee is a single mom of two students at St. Teresa of Avila Catholic School in Cincinnati and an ICU nurse who is caring for critically ill COVID-19 patients.
For the past few weeks, Megan has worked 12-hour shifts in an environment that is stressful, emotionally draining, and often downright terrifying. At the end of a traumatic shift, Megan sometimes wonders, “Is this the day I come home with COVID-19?”
Despite these real fears and challenging circumstances, Megan is finding hope in her girls and in the phenomenal teachers at St. Teresa of Avila who are supporting their education virtually. St. Teresa is one of 13 Catholic schools Seton partners with across the country.
Megan is especially finding hope in the amazing doctors and nurses she works with every day: “We are a team and we know sticking by one another will get us through this. We cry…we laugh till our cheeks hurt, and we have the greatest respect and appreciation for each other.”
Just as Megan is inspired by her colleagues, our hope is that you’re inspired by Megan, too—that these stories of Living Hope encourage us all to do more good around us, and to share the good that we see.
Can you join me in praying for Megan and all our courageous healthcare workers? Our El Camino team leads prayer on Wednesdays and Fridays on Instagram, and we’d love for you to join.
And can you share Megan’s story of #LivingHope on social media so that we can spread more light in these dark times?
