Emma Hemming says Bruce Willis anniversary brings ‘burden’
Emma Hemming and Bruce Willis.
(Photo by Getty)Bruce Willis‘ wife Emma Heming gets candid about the reality of “unconditional love” for his 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 29.
“We’re 17 years old ❤️,” Hemming wrote next to a photo of the couple. “Anniversaries used to bring excitement – now, frankly, they excite all the senses, leaving a heaviness on the heart and pit in the stomach. I give myself 30 minutes to sit in the ‘why him, why us’ to feel the anger and grief.”
She continued: “Then I shake it off and go back to what I am. And what is… it’s unconditional love. I feel blessed to know that, and it’s because of him. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat 💞”
Emma Hemming Willis has shared new information about her husband Bruce Willis’ battle with frontotemporal dementia. Hemming Willis, 45, discussed the disease on Monday’s Sept. 25 episode of Today in honor of World Frontotemporal Dementia Awareness Week, revealing that it’s “hard to know” if Willis, 68, is aware of his dementia. “I study (…)
The the couple first started dating in 2007 – two years after Willis, 69, and his first wife Demi Moore62, divorced – and exchanged vows two years later.
Willis and Heming gave birth to two daughters together: 12-year-old Mabel and 10-year-old Evelyn. Strong to die The star also has three daughters – rumors 36, scout, 33 and Tallulah30 – with Moore.
The The sixth sense In 2022, the actor’s family revealed that Willis was diagnosed with aphasiaa disorder that affects how a person can communicate.
According to the Mayo Clinic, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is “an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that primarily affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain” — areas that are “related to personality, behavior, and language.”
Heming recently opened for City and village about how she felt about reality marriage to Bruce while he continues his health.
“I’m a lot better today than I was when we first got it Diagnosis of FTD“, Hemming told the publication in October. “I’m not saying it’s easier, but I’ve had to get used to what’s going on so I can hang on to what I have, so I can support our kids. I’m trying to find a balance between the grief and sadness that I feel, which can just burst at any moment, and the search for joy.’
In the interview, Hemming also shared his understanding of why some of his early symptoms of the disease were initially ignored.
“Bruce always had a stutter, but he was good at covering it up,” she explained. “When his language started to change, it (seemed) just part of the stuttering, it was just Bruce.”
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Hemming added that she didn’t know it could be a sign of something like dementia, given Willis’ relatively young age.
“Never in a million years would I have thought it would be a form of dementia for someone so young,” Hemming said.
She continued: “For Bruce, it started in his temporal lobes and then spread to the frontal part of his brain. It attacks and destroys a person’s ability to walk, think, and make decisions. I say FTD whispers, not screams. It’s hard for me to say, “That’s where Bruce ended up, and that’s where his disease started to take over.” He was diagnosed two years ago, but a year before that we had a hidden diagnosis of aphasia, which is a symptom of a disease but not a disease.’
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