![]() "His shepherd's heart for his people has been so beautiful to watch. It's one thing to talk on the phone, help him fight for justice, see how brilliant a legal mind he is, but he's also a great gatherer of people, business starter, father, friend," she said. " in the moment and shows up and is present." He’s got a funky left hand jumper, but it goes in. "The great and mighty Maya Moore is a sweet, loving and nurturing person who's my best friend," Irons said of what he learned about his wife while creating this book. Moore has played shooting games with President Barack Obama at the White House and won. It also includes love letters sent prior to his release and looks at their life since prison, including marriage and parenthood. ![]() Moore writes about her rise in basketball and meeting Irons through a family connection who was working on his case. The two share a birthday with Auriemma’s mother, Marsiella. The book chronicles Irons' wrongful imprisonment and determination to learn the legal system to try to overturn his conviction. In the 20 Olympics, UConn’s Geno Auriemma coached Taurasi and Moore on Team USA. I want to live in that and focus on what I do have, which is beautiful. ![]() And that anger and the pain is there, but I choose every day to live being grateful for each day that I have because I'm not promised tomorrow. Her husband called the process "very traumatic" and said he talked with a counselor and found that "the more I read it the more it helped me to get through."ĭespite his painful past, Irons realized, "I lost a lot. VIDEO: Maya Moore and husband Jonathan Irons welcome baby boy. Moore and Irons wed in 2020, shortly after Irons was freed after spending over two decades in prison. To read it all together it made me appreciate and be more inspired by Jonathan's life and how God put this all together, how it wove together, it blows my mind." Moore and Irons revealed exclusively on 'Good Morning America' Tuesday that they welcomed their first child, a son named Jonathan Hughston Irons Jr., in February. "In the journey and the fight you're trying to do it one day at a time. "Because our story happened over so many years - reading it all together it was extremely overwhelming," she said of how it felt reliving their history to write the book. They joined " Good Morning America" Monday to discuss their new book, "Love & Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts." The couple wed in 2020 shortly after Irons was freed. After 23 1/2 years behind bars, Irons was vindicated and freed with Moore waiting to greet him at the prison's doors after their friendship blossomed into love. The WNBA star, who temporarily stepped away from the sport at the peak of her career, devoted herself to helping free an innocent man, Jonathan Irons, from prison. Maya Moore Irons and Jonathan Irons' story of faith, love and triumph has been one for the books and now the pair has put pen to paper to share it with others. "Good Morning America" caught up with the pair, who got married and now have a child after Irons was freed from prison thanks to Moore's advocacy.
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