Bruce Willis' Wife Emma Heming Willis Shares Sweet Throwback Photo of Extended Family for Thanksgiving

Mar. 15, 2025

Bruce Willis celebrates Thanksgiving with his extended family.Photo:Emma Heming Willis/InstagraqmBruce Willis' wife is celebrating love thisThanksgiving.On Thursday, the actor’s wifeEmma Heming Willisshared asweet photo on Instagramof herself and Bruce, 68, with their kidsMabel, 11, andEvelyn, 9.Bruce’s other daughtersRumer Willis, 35,Scout Willis, 32, andTallulah Willis, 29, could also be seen in the snapshot, along with his ex-wife,Demi Moore, 61.Rumer’s boyfriendDerek Richard Thomasand Tallulah’s partner Jake Miller were also captured in the family photograph.“I’m grateful and thankful to know this kind of love 🤍🧡,” Emma, 47, captioned the post. “Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🧡.“Mooreoriginally posted the photoback in March.Bruce Willis.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via GettyThe tribute comes roughly two months after Emma shared thatit has grown “hard to know” whether Bruce is awareof hisfrontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis, which his family first announced back in February.The Willis family previously announced that he wasdiagnosed with aphasiaand would step away from acting in March 2022. (The FTD diagnosis came as the family revealed Bruce’s condition had progressed.)“What I’m learning is that dementia is hard,” Emma said on theTodayshow in September. “It’s hard on the person diagnosed. It’s also hard on the family. And that is no different for Bruce, or myself, or our girls. When they say that this is a family disease, it really is.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Earlier this month, Emma wrote an article forMaria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, in which she shared that she “[struggles] with guilt, knowing that I have resources that others don’t,” in caring for Bruce, who she married in 2009.“With a specific diagnosis, you have a chance to find a community,” she wrote in the article. “You get to connect with people who understand your story immediately. You don’t even have to explain yourself. The people I’ve met and interviewed in the FTD community have so much compassion, and are so determined to make things better for the next family.“Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for a group of brain disorders that threatens, as the name implies, thefrontal and temporal lobes of the brain.This means that parts of these lobes atrophy, and the shrinking of these areas can cause speech issues, emotional problems and changes in personality. Other symptoms can include loss of motor skills including problems walking, swallowing or muscle spasms.Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming Willis.Theo Wargo/GettyEarlier this year, Emmacelebrated her 45th birthdayand shared photos of her and her husband snuggled up with each other on Instagram.“His love feels like the warmest coziest blanket. Once you’re wrapped in it, you never want to get out,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.Separately, Emma shared a video onInstagramSunday, in which she could be seen wearing a birthday hat and blowing out candles on a cake.“So many candles on this bad boy it could have taken down our house! None the less, what a beautiful day it was,” she wrote with the post.

Bruce Willis celebrates Thanksgiving with his extended family.Photo:Emma Heming Willis/Instagraqm

Emma Heming Willis/Instagraqm

Bruce Willis' wife is celebrating love thisThanksgiving.On Thursday, the actor’s wifeEmma Heming Willisshared asweet photo on Instagramof herself and Bruce, 68, with their kidsMabel, 11, andEvelyn, 9.Bruce’s other daughtersRumer Willis, 35,Scout Willis, 32, andTallulah Willis, 29, could also be seen in the snapshot, along with his ex-wife,Demi Moore, 61.Rumer’s boyfriendDerek Richard Thomasand Tallulah’s partner Jake Miller were also captured in the family photograph.“I’m grateful and thankful to know this kind of love 🤍🧡,” Emma, 47, captioned the post. “Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🧡.“Mooreoriginally posted the photoback in March.Bruce Willis.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via GettyThe tribute comes roughly two months after Emma shared thatit has grown “hard to know” whether Bruce is awareof hisfrontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis, which his family first announced back in February.The Willis family previously announced that he wasdiagnosed with aphasiaand would step away from acting in March 2022. (The FTD diagnosis came as the family revealed Bruce’s condition had progressed.)“What I’m learning is that dementia is hard,” Emma said on theTodayshow in September. “It’s hard on the person diagnosed. It’s also hard on the family. And that is no different for Bruce, or myself, or our girls. When they say that this is a family disease, it really is.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Earlier this month, Emma wrote an article forMaria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, in which she shared that she “[struggles] with guilt, knowing that I have resources that others don’t,” in caring for Bruce, who she married in 2009.“With a specific diagnosis, you have a chance to find a community,” she wrote in the article. “You get to connect with people who understand your story immediately. You don’t even have to explain yourself. The people I’ve met and interviewed in the FTD community have so much compassion, and are so determined to make things better for the next family.“Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for a group of brain disorders that threatens, as the name implies, thefrontal and temporal lobes of the brain.This means that parts of these lobes atrophy, and the shrinking of these areas can cause speech issues, emotional problems and changes in personality. Other symptoms can include loss of motor skills including problems walking, swallowing or muscle spasms.Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming Willis.Theo Wargo/GettyEarlier this year, Emmacelebrated her 45th birthdayand shared photos of her and her husband snuggled up with each other on Instagram.“His love feels like the warmest coziest blanket. Once you’re wrapped in it, you never want to get out,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.Separately, Emma shared a video onInstagramSunday, in which she could be seen wearing a birthday hat and blowing out candles on a cake.“So many candles on this bad boy it could have taken down our house! None the less, what a beautiful day it was,” she wrote with the post.

Bruce Willis' wife is celebrating love thisThanksgiving.

On Thursday, the actor’s wifeEmma Heming Willisshared asweet photo on Instagramof herself and Bruce, 68, with their kidsMabel, 11, andEvelyn, 9.

Bruce’s other daughtersRumer Willis, 35,Scout Willis, 32, andTallulah Willis, 29, could also be seen in the snapshot, along with his ex-wife,Demi Moore, 61.

Rumer’s boyfriendDerek Richard Thomasand Tallulah’s partner Jake Miller were also captured in the family photograph.

“I’m grateful and thankful to know this kind of love 🤍🧡,” Emma, 47, captioned the post. “Wishing you all a Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🧡.”

Mooreoriginally posted the photoback in March.

Bruce Willis.ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty

The tribute comes roughly two months after Emma shared thatit has grown “hard to know” whether Bruce is awareof hisfrontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis, which his family first announced back in February.

The Willis family previously announced that he wasdiagnosed with aphasiaand would step away from acting in March 2022. (The FTD diagnosis came as the family revealed Bruce’s condition had progressed.)

“What I’m learning is that dementia is hard,” Emma said on theTodayshow in September. “It’s hard on the person diagnosed. It’s also hard on the family. And that is no different for Bruce, or myself, or our girls. When they say that this is a family disease, it really is.”

Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.

Earlier this month, Emma wrote an article forMaria Shriver’s Sunday Paper, in which she shared that she “[struggles] with guilt, knowing that I have resources that others don’t,” in caring for Bruce, who she married in 2009.

“With a specific diagnosis, you have a chance to find a community,” she wrote in the article. “You get to connect with people who understand your story immediately. You don’t even have to explain yourself. The people I’ve met and interviewed in the FTD community have so much compassion, and are so determined to make things better for the next family.”

Frontotemporal dementia is an all-encompassing term for a group of brain disorders that threatens, as the name implies, thefrontal and temporal lobes of the brain.

This means that parts of these lobes atrophy, and the shrinking of these areas can cause speech issues, emotional problems and changes in personality. Other symptoms can include loss of motor skills including problems walking, swallowing or muscle spasms.

Bruce Willis and wife Emma Heming Willis.Theo Wargo/Getty

Theo Wargo/Getty

Earlier this year, Emmacelebrated her 45th birthdayand shared photos of her and her husband snuggled up with each other on Instagram.

“His love feels like the warmest coziest blanket. Once you’re wrapped in it, you never want to get out,” she wrote on her Instagram Story.

Separately, Emma shared a video onInstagramSunday, in which she could be seen wearing a birthday hat and blowing out candles on a cake.

“So many candles on this bad boy it could have taken down our house! None the less, what a beautiful day it was,” she wrote with the post.

source: people.com