Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming shares heartbreaking update just days before Christmas

Emma penned down a reflection of feeling sadness while navigating her husband’s dementia. She acknowledged that the holidays “look different” now, adding that they have had to plan in a whole different way.

She began her blog post, “The holidays have a way of holding up a mirror, reflecting who we’ve been, who we are, and what we imagined they would be. When you’re caring for someone with dementia, that reflection can feel especially poignant. Traditions that once felt somewhat effortless require planning- lots of planning. Moments that once brought uncomplicated joy may arrive tangled in a web of grief. I know this because I’m living it. Yet despite that, there can still be meaning. There can still be warmth. There can still be joy. I’ve learned that the holidays don’t disappear when dementia enters your life. They change.”

Bruce Willis’ wife Emma Heming Willis shares update

Emma Heming Willis continued by speaking about grief.

“Before anything else, I want to say this, it’s okay to grieve. Grief doesn’t only belong to death. It belongs to change, and the ambiguous loss caregivers know so well. It belongs to the realization that things won’t unfold the way they once did, it belongs to the absence of routines, conversations, or roles that were once so familiar you never imagined them ending.”

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