Dwyane Wade Says He Still Has Mom’s Letters From Prison, ‘I Read Them Sometimes’

It’s been a long time since Dwyane Wade‘s mother was in prison, however he simply revealed to TMZ Sports he nonetheless has all of the notes she despatched him from her time behind bars … and he nonetheless reads them to this present day.

The NBA legend opened as much as us about being pen buddies with Jolinda Wade whereas she was incarcerated earlier in his life, and he defined why it was tremendous necessary to each of them to maintain in touch regardless of her state of affairs.

He instructed us he wished to let her know “we wasn’t judging her. We wasn’t pointing fingers at her. We just loved her and we just wanted her to come home to us.”

As for her letters to him, regardless that she could not be round him bodily, the messages nonetheless gave him the robust connection to his mother that he desired.

Dwyane instructed us he really nonetheless pores over her phrases sometimes — revealing, “no matter where you go in life you’ve got to go back and take a look to appreciate things.”

Jolinda — who battled habit — was launched from custody in 2003 and located sobriety. She went on to develop into an ordained pastor — and in 2008, Dwyane gifted her a Chicago church.

Last week, she stunned her now-43-year-old son on “TODAY with Jenna & Friends,” and instructed him how a lot it meant to her that he’d write her throughout her time in a cell.

“Your letters got me through each day and enabled me to be a part of all the wonderful things that was happening in your life,” she mentioned.