Emma Hemming and Bruce Willis.
(Photo by Getty)Bruce Willis' wife Emma Hemming She got candid about the fact of having “unconditional love” for her partner amid the actor's battle with dementia.
Hemming, 46, celebrated the couple's 17th anniversary by sharing her mixed feelings about the day. Via Instagram On Sunday, December 29th.
“17 years of us ❤️,” Heming wrote alongside an old photo of the couple. “Anniversaries used to bring excitement – now, to be honest, they bring up all the emotions, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach. I give myself 30 minutes to sit and wonder: why him, why us, to feel angry and sad.
She continued: “Then I shake it off and go back to how it was.” And what it is…is unconditional love. I feel happy to know that, and it's because of him. I would do it over and over again in a heartbeat.
Emma Hemming Willis has shared a new update about her husband Bruce Willis' battle with frontotemporal dementia. Hemming Willis, 45, discussed the disease on the Monday, September 25, episode of the “Today” show in honor of World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week, revealing that it was “hard to know” if Willis, 68, knew he had dementia. “What I learn is (…)
the The couple started dating for the first time In 2007 — two years after Willis, 69, and his first wife married Demi Moore62, divorced – and they exchanged vows two years later.
Willis and Heming went on to welcome two daughters together: Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10. Die hard The star also shares three daughters – rumor, 36, searchlight, 33 and Tallulah30 – with Moore.
the Sixth sense The actor's family shared in 2022 that Willis was He was diagnosed with aphasiaIt is a disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate.
According to the Mayo Clinic, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is “an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain” — areas “associated with personality, behavior, and language.”
Hemming recently opened for City and countryside on How did she deal with reality? From marrying Bruce as he continues his health journey.
“Today I am much better than I was when we first received the award Diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia (FTD).” Hemming told the outlet in October. “I'm not saying it's easier, but I've had to get used to what's going on so I can adapt to what's out there, so I can support our kids. I'm trying to find that balance between the grief and grief I feel, which can open up at any moment, and I find joy.
In the interview, Hemming also shared insight into why some of the early symptoms of his health condition were initially ignored.
“Bruce always had a stutter, but he was good at covering it up,” she explained. “When his language started changing, (it seemed like) it was just part of the stutter, it was just Bruce.”
A bittersweet celebration. Bruce Willis' wife, Emma Hemming Willis, was emotional as she celebrated his 68th birthday after being diagnosed with dementia. The 44-year-old model took to her Instagram Story on Sunday, March 19, to give fans an update on how she's handling her husband's health battle. “I started the morning crying as much as I could (…)
Hemming added that she was not aware that this could be a sign of something like dementia, given Willis's relatively young age.
“Never in a million years would I have thought that this would be a form of dementia for someone so young,” Hemming said.
She continued: “For Bruce, it started in his temporal lobe and then spread to the front of his brain. It attacks and destroys a person's ability to walk, think and make decisions. I say FTD whispers, not shouts. It's hard for me to say, 'This is where Bruce finished, and this is where his illness began to take hold.' He was diagnosed two years ago, but a year ago, we had a loose diagnosis of aphasia, which is a symptom of the disease but not the disease.
