Emma Heming Willis Admit it’s hard to decide to live separately from your husband Bruce Willis In his battle with frontal dementia – but in the end, she felt it was best for their children.
In her new book Unexpected Journey: Find strength, hope and yourself on the road to nursing49-year-old Heming Willis revealed how she told her daughter Mabel, 13, and Evelyn, 11, Move into the second.
I told them: “”We’ve already had a concern in Dad’s disease. It has to be tailored to everything he needs.”You should be in a home that is more suitable for your needs,” Heming Willis wrote. “Also, Dad wants you to have more freedom than the game dates, overnights and you have here. It will make him so happy.'”.
Heming Willis assured the girls that this will be their “second home” filled with certain of their possessions. She described her husband’s new accommodation as “they would keep a personal thing like toys, craft supplies, swimsuits, PJs and games that we can live with him anytime, anywhere.”
Heming Willis admits how “painful” it is to make a decision, but she is sure that it is what her husband wants.
“Even if they lived with his illness for so long that they understood that while this decision ensured Bruce’s overall well-being and security and allowed our young children to flourish, it was an uncertain and painful moment for us,” she explained. “In fact, it was still painful for me. After all, it was my husband who had him in another home was not part of the future we drew together. You really couldn’t dream of these things.”
Heming Willis first revealed that Willis is Move into the second Near the family’s primary residence to get 24/7 care in a nursing team Emma and Bruce Willis: An Unexpected Journey – Diane Sawyer August 26.

Bruce Willis and Emma Heming Willis
Steve Granitz/Wireimage“It’s one of the toughest decisions I have to make,” she said on the special. “But I know, first of all, Bruce wants what we want for our daughter. You know, he wants them to be in a home that is more suitable for their needs than his needs.”
Host Diane Sawyer is here Visit the second hometown Willis There is no camera around “all these memories remembered over the years”. She brought the producer Willis “love” with her.
“When we walked up, he seemed happy, as Emma said, walking, healthy,” she recalled. “We sat outside on the couch and at some point he held my hand. I talked about the past and saw the flash of that irresistible smile.”
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