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- culture
- August 18, 2020
Dwyane Wade gushes over mom learning to swim at 65
"Watching her overcome this fear was so damn inspiring," he wrote on Instagram.
Wade, 38, and his mother have overcome many obstacles to get their relationship to where it is today. Jolinda Wade struggled with a drug addiction when Dwyane Wade was young, but the former NBA player, who lived with his father as a child, told Oprah Winfrey in 2012 that he \"never gave up on her\" and \"never blamed her.\"
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\"That was her life. That was her journey, her path,\" he said. \"Without that path, I'm not who I am today.\"
Eventually, Jolinda Wade got sober, and according to a 2008 profile by ESPN turned herself in to authorities in 2001 to serve a prison term. While behind bars, she started a ministry, ESPN reported, and in 2008, Dwyane Wade bought her a church in their hometown of Chicago.
\"I feel reborn,\" Jolinda Wade told ESPN at the time. \"Matter of fact, I feel reborn every day. There's always something new every day. I just thank God for the experience.\"
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