Chapter 3: The Fire Inside (Updated Page 4)
From a sleepless night to a bold vision: How one person dared to build something that matters.
The night I decided to take the leap, I couldn’t sleep. The glow from my phone lit up the dark room as I stared at a page I had bookmarked: “How to Start a Healthcare Staffing Agency.” I didn’t even know where to begin. All I knew was this—I was done living small.
I thought about my mom—her tired hands, her prayers whispered late at night. I thought about the people I cared for, how they deserved dignity and compassion, and how broken the system felt at times.
That’s when it hit me:
I’m not just going to work for someone else forever. I’m going to build something that helps people and changes lives.
So I whispered into the quiet:
“I’m starting my own company.”
Fear didn’t vanish—it sat across from me like an uninvited guest. But this time, I didn’t let it speak louder than my dreams. I grabbed my notebook and wrote in bold letters:
“Elvie’s Traveling Angels — Coming Soon.”
I had no office, no big money, no investors. But I had a vision. And that vision would become my first real business—a staffing agency that gave caregivers opportunities and provided families with the help they desperately needed.
I didn’t know then that this little seed would grow into something bigger—that it would become the foundation for West Hill Home Care LLC, the home I would one day build with my own hands and heart.
This was the start of everything.
The first brick in a legacy I was determined to create.
