Caregiving is older than medicine—and just as vital. Drawing insight from characters like Cordelia and Samwise, this Storyline reflection explores how caregiving has always required presence, sacrifice, and courage. It’s still hard. And still beautiful.

Technology alone won’t fix healthcare. In this piece, we explore how tools like telehealth can either connect or divide—depending on how we use them—and why the real work is building infrastructure that’s truly thoughtful, not just fast.