Emma Heming Willis shares never-before-seen photos of Bruce after dementia diagnosis: ‘Man of my dreams’

Staying grateful.

shared a collage of throwback photos of their relationship on Sunday, with a sweet message via Instagram.

“When I was a little girl all I ever dreamed of was to fall in love with the man of my dreams,” she wrote in the since-deleted post.

“The white picket fence, having a family and to know what unconditional love feels like,” she went on.

“The moral is, be careful what you wish for cause you just might get it.”

Some of the sweet moments Heming Willis uploaded included the “Die Hard” actor patting her forehead with a washcloth before she gave birth to one of their daughters in the hospital, celebrating their little one’s birthdays, a sunny beach day and Willis dancing in their home.

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The couple celebrated 16 years together last month. In March 2022, Willis retired from acting after being diagnosed with aphasia. In February 2023, his loved ones further revealed that his condition had worsened and that he had been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia.

“How do I really feel about today? Well, how do I look?” Heming Willis asked her Instagram followers while celebrating their milestone on Dec. 27. “I just got off the phone with a really dear girlfriend of mine who I was able to have a good cry with. It is really important to be able to have someone that you can trust with your feelings. Instead of just bottling them up and putting your best foot forward and sort of just soldiering through stuff, which I have a tendency to do.”

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“Holidays are hard. Anniversaries are hard,” she continued. “But for me this year it has really been about community, building a community and connection. And I just want to say that’s been my lifeline and I just want to thank you for that.”

The pair met in 2007 and tied the knot two years later. They are parents of Mabel, 11, and Evelyn, 9.

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The “Armageddon” star also shares three daughters with ex-wife Demi Moore — Rumer, 35, Scout, 32, and Tallulah, 29.

“Bruce has good days and bad days, but in the last two months, there are many more bad days than good,” one insider told Us Weekly last month.

“This experience has brought the whole family even closer together. No one knows how much time Bruce has left,” the source claimed.

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In October, “Moonlighting” creator Glenn Gordon Caron told The Post that Willis is not “totally verbal.”

“He’s an extraordinary person. The thing that makes [his disease] so mind-blowing is [that] if you’ve ever spent time with Bruce Willis, there is no one who had any more joie de vivre than he,” Caron said at the time. “He loved life and … just adored waking up every morning and trying to live life to its fullest.

“My sense is the first one to three minutes he knows who I am. He used to be a voracious reader — he didn’t want anyone to know that — and he’s not reading now. All those language skills are no longer available to him, and yet he’s still Bruce.”