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Emma Heming Willis Posts Holiday Reflections and Rare 2008 Video as Bruce Willis Lives With FTD

The caregiver uses social media to show how her family reshapes traditions during Bruce Willis’s dementia.

Overview

  • On December 20–21, Emma Heming Willis shared essays about the emotional weight of the season, writing that grief belongs to change and can surface during ordinary holiday tasks.
  • She posted a 2008 roller‑coaster video from Six Flags Magic Mountain, saying she loves Bruce Willis and misses him as her “ride companion.”
  • Heming Willis described scaling back and planning more for celebrations, noting she now handles tasks he once led and that joy and sadness can coexist at Christmas.
  • Coverage reiterates that Willis was diagnosed with aphasia in 2022 and that the family later said his condition progressed to frontotemporal dementia.
  • One outlet cites a February 2023 dementia diagnosis, reflecting inconsistent public timelines as Heming Willis continues her caregiver advocacy and public outreach.