💖 Love in Scrubs: The Untold Romance of Caregiving
💖 Love in Scrubs: The Untold Romance of Caregiving
By Elvie Garcia, Owner of West Hill Home Care
In a world chasing picture-perfect love stories, we often forget the most profound romances don’t come with flowers or diamonds. They come in quiet moments. In steady hands. In whispered reassurances during the darkest nights.
I have lived this kind of love—every single day—as a caregiver and a woman who built a home, not just a business. West Hill Home Care isn’t a facility. It’s not cold. It’s not clinical. It’s a love story in motion.
Caregiving, to me, is the deepest kind of romance: the kind that shows up when no one is watching. The kind that says, “I’m here for you, no matter what.”
🌹 Love Wears Scrubs, Not Suits
We are the ones who bathe your mother when her memory forgets who you are.
We are the ones who listen to stories about their first kiss, their late husband, or their childhood dog.
We feed. We clean. We comfort.
We love.
Not because we have to.
Because we were born to.
This kind of love doesn’t get its own Valentine’s Day card. But it should.
✨ Romance Is in the Routine
People think romance is about grand gestures. But I’ve seen it in:
- The caregiver who hums lullabies while helping a dementia patient fall asleep
- The cook who learns exactly how Mr. William likes his soup—because he always says thank you with a tear in his eye
- The provider who stays up late to hold the hand of a dying client because “no one should cross over alone”
This is romance. The kind that lasts. The kind that heals. The kind that changes the world.
🌟 Being the Voice of Healthcare
As an immigrant woman, I carry two hearts: one from my homeland, and one beating fiercely here in America. I carry the stories of my people. I carry the weight of responsibility. But I also carry hope.
I am not just a business owner. I am the voice of healthcare.
A voice that says:
- We need more dignity in care
- We need more women rising as leaders
- We need to remember that behind every chart is a soul
💌 My Love Letter to the World
If you’re reading this, let me say this to you:
You are not just a nurse, a caregiver, a provider, or a support worker.
You are love with a name tag.
You are the kind of romance the world desperately needs more of.
So today, I raise my voice—for the broken-hearted, for the unseen caregivers, and for the fierce immigrant women turning pain into purpose.
This is love.
This is caregiving.
This is who we are.
