Emma Heming is admittedly struggling amid her husband Bruce Willis’ ongoing battle with dementia.
The model — who shares daughters Mabel, 11, and Evelyn, 9, with the actor — got candid with her Instagram followers Monday after asking fellow “care partners” to “look for something beautiful” in their otherwise “hard,” “stressful” days and send her photos of their findings.
“I know it looks like I’m out living my best life, [but] I have to make a conscious effort every single day to live the best life that I can. I do that for myself, I do that for our two children and [I do that for] Bruce, who would not want me to live any other way,” the 45-year-old said in a selfie video taken in her car following a hike.
“So I don’t want it to be misconstrued that I’m good, ’cause I’m not. I’m not good,” she cautioned, adding that her thinking can often become “doom and gloom.”
Heming shared that putting her “best foot forward” is a daily task that “does not come to [her] easily,” but it’s one she feels is “really important” for “the sake of [herself] and [her] family.”
“When we are not looking after ourselves, we cannot look after anyone that we love,” she explained, noting that she is “just doing the best that [she] can always.”
In her caption alongside the Reel, the Malta native acknowledged that she doesn’t “have this down to a fine-science” but is committed to trying and keeping positive “affirmation[s]” in the “forefront of [her] mind.”
Heming went on to share via her Instagram Story several scenic shots sent to her by fans, saying their “something beautiful” was “the best part of [her] day.”
“Your pictures, words of support and love for me and my family were felt,” she wrote. “Honestly, thank you, it helps
