{"id":27674,"date":"2021-12-01T02:12:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T02:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cmshub.wpengine.com\/?p=362466"},"modified":"2024-11-03T15:14:08","modified_gmt":"2024-11-03T15:14:08","slug":"grandma-who-sent-accidental-text-to-stranger-spends-6th-thanksgiving-with-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ogkologos.com\/en\/grandma-who-sent-accidental-text-to-stranger-spends-6th-thanksgiving-with-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandma Who Sent Accidental Text To Stranger Spends 6th Thanksgiving With Him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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What started out as an accidental text has blossomed into a heartwarming friendship.<\/span><\/p>\n

It all started in 2016 when Grandma Wanda Dench, of Arizona, texted then 17-year-old Jamal Hinton, thinking it was her own grandson. She texted him details about their Thanksgiving dinner, not knowing that she was telling a complete stranger.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hinton texted Dench back saying she had the wrong number and sent a photo of himself. When he jokingly asked if he could still come over for some Thanksgiving food, she replied, \u201cOf course you can. That\u2019s what grandmas do\u2026feed everyone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Hinton took Grandma Dench up on her offer and headed to her house for their first Thanksgiving together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Their story quickly went viral, winning over the hearts of people from all over the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

They kept the tradition up, and this year was their sixth Thanksgiving spent together.<\/span><\/p>\n

The only difference is that this was the second year in a row that they spent Thanksgiving without Dench\u2019s beloved husband, Lonnie, who sadly passed away from COVID in April 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In addition to Thanksgiving, they also spend Christmas, birthdays, and many other days together as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

Their heartwarming story and incredible bond prove that friendship knows no race, age, or gender.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve changed my view so much on the younger generation,\u201d Dench told NBC 15 News<\/a>. \u201cAnd now that I\u2019ve reflected back on all these years, I didn\u2019t change their life, they changed mine\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n