An accidental text message began a Thanksgiving tradition for Jamal Hinton and Wanda Dench. This will be the 7th year they have Thanksgiving together after a text conversation that went viral in 2016.
"[You're] not my grandma," Hinton replied with a laughing emoji.
Hinton then sent back a selfie to let Dench know he was not her grandson and asked if he could stop by for dinner anyway.The exchange went viral after Hinton tweeted a photo of himself and Dench enjoying Thanksgiving together, along with Dench's husband, Lonnie Dench.As a part of the tradition, Hinton tweets a photo of himself with his "second family" enjoying Thanksgiving together every year.in April 2020, the families kept the tradition going.
"We are excited to share our story with the world. We hope it inspires more people to reach out and make connections that they wouldn't ordinarily make," Hinton and Dench . "We are so blessed to find a genuine friendship brought together by God from a mistaken text message. "
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