Bruce Willis' wife Emma gets candid about feeling 'heaviness' in her heart as she celebrates 17th anniversary
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Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis used her Instagram platform to mark the couple's anniversary on Sunday. The 46-year-old model and actress — who wed Willis, 69, in March 2009 — posted a single throwback snapshot of the two for the heartfelt post.
![[The 46-year-old model and actress - who wed Willis, 69, in March 2009 - posted a single throwback snapshot of the two for the heartfelt post]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/01/93569401-14234827-The_46_year_old_model_and_actress_who_wed_Willis_69_in_March_200-a-34_1735521326783.jpg)
Bruce and Emma were thigh-deep in the ocean in the silhouetted picture, which showed the sun setting behind them. '17 years of us ❤️,' the mother-of-two began the caption, tagging Turks and Caicos. It comes as Bruce has been battling dementia, specifically aphasia, since March 2022 when he was officially diagnosed.
![['Doing selfies before they had a name,' Emma captioned an October 16 Instagram post]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/01/93569397-14234827-_Doing_selfies_before_they_had_a_name_Emma_captioned_an_October_-a-35_1735521326784.jpg)
The note from Emma continued, 'Anniversaries used to bring excitement — now, if I’m honest, they stir up all the feelings, leaving a heaviness in my heart and a pit in my stomach.'. Bruce Willis' wife Emma Heming Willis used her Instagram platform to mark the couple's anniversary on Sunday; pictured in October.
![[Emma and Bruce share daughters Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/01/93569455-14234827-Emma_and_Bruce_share_daughters_Mabel_12_and_Evelyn_10-a-32_1735521326767.jpg)
The 46-year-old model and actress - who wed Willis, 69, in March 2009 - posted a single throwback snapshot of the two for the heartfelt post. Heming Willis candidly wrote in Sunday's post, 'I give myself 30 minutes to sit in the ‘why him, why us,’ to feel the anger and grief.
![[Bruce pictured with daughter Rumer, ex-wife Demi Moore, daughter Scout, Emma, and daughter Tallulah in 2019]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/30/01/93569449-14234827-Bruce_pictured_with_daughter_Rumer_ex_wife_Demi_Moore_daughter_S-a-33_1735521326770.jpg)
'Then I shake it off and return to what is. And what is… is unconditional love. I feel blessed to know it, and it’s because of him. I’d do it all over again and again in a heartbeat.'. Emma and Bruce share daughters Mabel, 12, and Evelyn, 10. Earlier this year Emma explained why she has chosen not to shield her husband's diagnosis from their children.
