Emma Heming pays heartfelt homage to husband Bruce Willis on Father's Day

Emma Heming, wife of Bruce Willis, has shared a deeply emotional Father’s Day message as her husband and the actor struggles with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and aphasia.

Taking to her Instagram on Sunday, June 15, the 46-year-old British model and actress, who welcomed her daughters, 12-year-old Mabel and 10-year-old Evelyn, with Bruce, paid a heartfelt homage to her husband.

Emma posted a picture of the 70-year-old retired American actor in which one of their daughters is hugging their father.

She began her post by wishing Father’s Day to all fathers: “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.”

The mother of two added, “What Bruce teaches our girls goes far beyond words. Resilience, unconditional love, and the quiet strength in simply being present.
This photo says so much. Love deepens. It adapts. It stays, even when everything else changes.”

Emma went on to admit that “to be fair to myself, these symbolic days stir up a lot” of emotions in her.

The Perfect Stranger star further acknowledged that she is “profoundly sad today,” adding, “I wish, with every cell in my body, that things could be different for him and lighter for our family.”

“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. It helps me return to the acceptance of what is and not fight this every step of the way like I used to."

“Today, let’s celebrate the badass dads, those who are here, and those we carry with us [blue heart emoji] Onward,” Emma concluded by writing.