Continue to be grateful.
Bruce Willis' wife, Emma Heming Willis, took to Instagram on Sunday to share a collage of nostalgic photos and a sweet message about their relationship.
“When I was little, all I dreamed of was falling in love with the man of my dreams,” she wrote in a since-deleted post.
“White picket fences, having a family, and knowing what unconditional love feels like,” she continued.
“The lesson is to be careful because you might get what you want.”
Some of the sweet moments uploaded by Hemming Willis include the 'Die Hard' actor stroking her forehead with a washcloth before giving birth to her daughter in the hospital, celebrating her little one's birthday and a sunny beach day. It included scenes of Willis celebrating and dancing at his home. .
The couple celebrated their 16th anniversary last month. Willis was diagnosed with aphasia and retired from acting in March 2022. In February 2023, his loved ones revealed that his condition had worsened further and he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.
“How do I really feel about today? Well, how do I look?” Hemming Willis asked his Instagram followers as he celebrated the December 27 milestone. It's really important to have people that believe in you. I tend to do that instead of just hoarding it and doing my best and just fighting my way through it.”
“Holidays are hard. Anniversaries are hard,” she continued. “But this year for me has really been about community, building community and connections. And that's been my lifeline, and I just want to be grateful for that.”
The two met in 2007 and married two years later. They are the parents of Mabel, 11, and Evelyn, 9.
The “Armageddon” star also has three daughters, Rumer, 35, Scout, 32, and Talulah, 29, with ex-wife Demi Moore.
“Bruce has good days and bad days, but the last two months have been more bad than good,” a source told Us Weekly last month.
“This experience has brought the whole family closer together. No one knows how much time Bruce has left,” the source claimed.
In October, “Moonlighting” creator Glenn Gordon Caron told the Post that Willis was not “completely verbal.”
“He is an extraordinary person. [his disease] that's very surprising [that] “If you've ever spent any time with Bruce Willis, you won't find anyone with more joie de vivre than he did,” Caron said at the time. “He loved life, and … he loved getting up every morning and trying to live life to the fullest.
“My feeling is that in the first minute or three he realizes who I am. He used to be a voracious reader, but he didn't want anyone to know that. But he's not reading books now. All those language skills are no longer available to him, but he's still Bruce.”
