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Cherelle Griner Reflects On Wife Brittney Griner’s Emotional Homecoming: ‘It Did Not Feel Real’

<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;brittney-griner-breaks-her-silence-pens-a-lengthy-emotional-message-after-spending-ten-months-in-russian-jail&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Cherelle Griner<&sol;a> is reflecting on her wife&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;brittney-griner-encourages-the-public-to-send-letters-to-paul-whelan-advocate-for-other-americans-being-wrongfully-detained&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Brittney Griner&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;a>&comma; homecoming after the WNBA star was detained in Russia for ten months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cj4HWGJJewG" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Cherelle Griner Recalls President Biden&&num;8217&semi;s December 8 Announcement<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>According to <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;people&period;com&sol;sports&sol;cherelle-griner-wife-brittneys-emotional-homecoming-after-release-from-russia&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">PEOPLE<&sol;a>&comma; Griner finished law school while waiting hopelessly for her wife&&num;8217&semi;s return&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I was hopeless a lot of days&period; You try and stay grounded&comma; but I&&num;8217&semi;m human&period; Still&comma; I would never completely give up hope on my wife&&num;8217&semi;s life&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>On December 8th&comma; Griner received her wish&period; As previously reported by <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;president-biden-calls-for-the-immediate-release-of-brittney-griner-following-9-year-prison-sentence&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">The Shade Room<&sol;a>&comma; President Biden announced that Brittney Griner was on a plane out of Russia&comma; on her way to the US&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I had thought about that moment a thousand times&comma; and I thought I would be full of tears&period; But I was overwhelmingly happy&period; It was the first time I was able to finally exhale&comma; and I&&num;8217&semi;m like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Oh&comma; thank God&comma; this is such a great day&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CioXEJrr6G6" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Couple&&num;8217&semi;s Emotional Reunion<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>As Griner waited for her wife to deplane in San Antonio&comma; Texas&comma; the couple locked eyes for the first time in months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>We were both just instantly crying&period; I was standing there full of tears and someone ran over and handed me a handkerchief&period; I definitely needed it&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>When the two finally met&comma; Cherelle said that she couldn&&num;8217&semi;t stop touching Griner&&num;8217&semi;s face&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I was like&comma; &&num;8216&semi;Is this really you&quest;&&num;8217&semi; It did not feel real&period; It was chilling — and warm&period; I was just holding on tight&period; I couldn&&num;8217&semi;t let her go&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">The Couple&&num;8217&semi;s First Night Together<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Cherelle Griner also shared details about her wife&&num;8217&semi;s first night home&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>The first night&comma; we didn&&num;8217&semi;t sleep at all&period; We just talked all night long and all morning&period; And it was so good to be able to do it without three weeks in between the conversation because for 10 months we were passing letters&period; It was great to have that dialogue back and forth&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"Cj1WuB2AwmE" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Griner also shared that she and her wife are excited to update one another on the changes they&&num;8217&semi;ve experienced as people since being separated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>It&&num;8217&semi;s unfortunate that those 10 months happened without us being able to be side-by-side&period; But it happened&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re embracing the fact that we now get to learn each other&&num;8217&semi;s story through that time&period; So we&&num;8217&semi;re taking it slow&period; We are not doing it all at once&period; But we are honoring the fact that I went through something that was really hard and difficult without BG&&num;8217&semi;s awareness&comma; and vice versa&period; Day by day&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;re just feeding a little bit to the soul and understanding each other&&num;8217&semi;s journey so we can actually start walking together&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Cherelle Griner adds that it&&num;8217&semi;s a &&num;8220&semi;new journey&&num;8221&semi; for her and Brittney&period; However&comma; the two are &&num;8220&semi;trying to figure out how we blend back as one&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"106362" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;cherelle-griner-reflects-on-wife-brittney-griners-emotional-homecoming-it-did-not-feel-real&sol;" data-secure&equals;"b649ce0b13"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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