Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, shared a deeply moving Father’s Day tribute on Instagram. In her honest tribute to her husband, Heming Willis opened up about the struggles of celebrating the occasion while having an illness. The poignant post cherished Willis’s fatherhood while navigating her own grief.
Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis ‘profoundly sad’ while making Father’s Day tribute
This Father’s Day, Bruce Willis’ wife, Emma Heming Willis, posted an Instagram tribute for her husband. She disclosed the emotional complexities of navigating Bruce’s ongoing battle with Frontotemporal Dementia. While wishing a Happy Father’s Day, she extended a heartfelt note to everyone who resonated with her.
The caption under the post read, “Happy Father’s Day to all the dads living with disability or disease, showing up in the ways they can and to the children who show up for them.” Emma Heming Willis further wrote, “What Bruce teaches our girls goes far beyond words. Resilience, unconditional love, and the quiet strength in simply being present.”
She celebrated Bruce’s enduring spirit, but emphasized the sorrow that the occasion brought. She wrote, “But to be fair to myself, these symbolic days stir up a lot,” Heming Willis added, “I’m profoundly sad today. I wish, with every cell in my body, that things could be different for him and lighter for our family.”
Emma Heming Willis also shared a powerful coping mechanism that the FTD community embraced. She explained, “As they say in our FTD community, ‘It is what it is.’ And while that might sound dismissive, to me, it’s not.” “It grounds me,” she confessed, “It helps me return to the acceptance of what is and not fight this every step of the way like I used to.” She concluded, “Today, let’s celebrate the badass dads, those who are here, and those we carry with us ? Onward.”
Bruce’s daughter, Rumer Willis, echoed the sentiment, writing, “Today is hard, I feel a deep ache in my chest to talk to you and tell you everything I’m doing and what’s going on in my life,” in her caption. She considered herself “lucky” for having Bruce as her dad and ensured that she was “grateful for every moment” she had with Willis.
