Overview

• In her new book, The Unexpected Journey, Emma Heming Willis writes that daughters Mabel and Evelyn saw their routines upended by their father’s frontotemporal dementia.
• She describes instituting quiet at home because FTD heightened Bruce Willis’ sensitivity to noise, which led to tiptoeing, no playdates, and no sleepovers.
• Heming Willis says the family home had become a place where no one was thriving, prompting her to move him into a separate residence with a professional care team.
• She frames the choice as consistent with Bruce Willis’ values, noting his daughters’ happiness and well-being have always been his priority.
• On Good Morning America on September 9, she said the decision is not up for debate and ensures his needs are met 100 percent of the time along with those of their two young daughters.