Bruce Willis' wife, Emma Heming Willis has opened up about how her husband's recent health diagnosis is affecting her own mental health.
The 43-year-old actress and model is making sure to take care of the family now that Bruce Willis has been diagnosed due to aphasia, cognitive disorder that affects a person's ability to speak and understand others. Due to that, the Die Hard star has retired from acting.
Now that he has retired from acting due to aphasia, she is making sure to care for her family, but it has resulted in a decline in her own mental health.
"I put my family's needs above my own, which I found does not make me any kind of hero. That amount of care for everyone else within my household had taken a toll on my mental health and overall health, and it served no one in my family."
So she is being sure not to only care for her husband, but also for her two children who still are very much in need of their parents (and really, when do we ever stop needing our parents).
"When you over-care for someone, you end up under-caring for yourself. That stopped me in my tracks and really resonated with me."
"It's a time I can disconnect and can do something that I know makes me feel good overall."
Rumer, 33, Scout 30, and Tallulah, 28, are all part of a very large family that they all co-exist happily.
"If I had a vision board (which I don't), family would be the center and everything else would filter around that. The girls bring so much love, laughter and life into our home."
"I'm not even sure we have rituals or traditions. We just love spending time with each other and we know that time is precious, and I don't take that for granted."
We are wishing Emma, Bruce, and the rest of their family nothing but health and happiness and a bright future.
