As Bruce Willis’ family marked the occasion of his 68th birthday on Sunday, the actor’s wife took to social media to share a heartfelt tribute to him—and open up about the reality of caring for a loved one with frontotemporal dementia.
“I have started the morning by crying as you can see by my swollen eyes and snotty nose,” Emma Heming Willis said in an Instagram Reel. “I just think it’s important that you see all sides of this.”
“I always get this message where people always tell me, ‘Oh you’re so strong. I don’t know how you do it,’” the 44-year-old continued. “I’m not given a choice. I wish I was but I’m also raising two kids in this,” referencing the couple’s two young children, Mabel, 10, and Evelyn, 8.