11/12/2025
🇺🇸 Honoring Our Heroes This Veterans Day 🇺🇸
Today at Heritage Waterside, we gathered to honor the brave men and women who have worn our nation’s uniform, and we would like to extend our deepest gratitude to Halifax Hospice and Home Instead for helping us make this day so meaningful.
To our heroes, those who stood with boots on the ground in faraway places, who carried the weight of duty, courage, and fear trust us we see you, we honor you, and we thank you. You left home not knowing what awaited you, yet you served selflessly so that others could live freely.
Coming home is not always easy. Sometimes it means returning to familiar faces but unfamiliar peace, carrying stories that words can’t capture and memories that never fade. Yet through it all, your strength, resilience, and quiet dignity remind us of what true bravery looks like.
There are not enough words to thank a veteran, but perhaps the most powerful words we can say are simply: Welcome home.
Love a veteran. Care for a veteran. Feed a veteran. Be a friend to a veteran.
Because being there for them — in heart, in presence, and in gratitude —
that’s what coming home truly means. ❤️
Welcome home, heroes. You will always have a place in our hearts and in our home.
A special thank-you to our residents, families, and staff who joined us in honoring these remarkable men and women today. Your presence, love, and support made this Veterans Day truly unforgettable.
