After A Mistaken Text, This Unlikely Duo Is Celebrating Their 10Th Thanksgiving. And They're Sharing Their Favorite Recipe This Year, Too

After A Mistaken Text, This Unlikely Duo Is Celebrating Their 10Th Thanksgiving. And They're Sharing Their Favorite Recipe This Year, Too

After A Mistaken Text, This Unlikely Duo Is Celebrating Their 10Th Thanksgiving. And They're Sharing Their Favorite Recipe This Year, Too In 2016, Arizona grandmother Wanda Dench sent out Thanksgiving invitations to her six grandchildren when she accidentally texted the wrong number — sending a ping to 16-year-old Jamal Hinton in the middle of class.  Hinton quickly realized the text was a mistake, but it didn’t stop him from jokingly asking if he could swing by for a plate.  “Of course you can,” Dench responded. “That’s what grandmas do…feed everyone!” In the decade since, the two once-strangers have grown closer than ever. When Dench’s husband Lonnie passed away in 2020 from COVID-19, Hinton stepped up to support her. “It’s not really a friendship. We’re more a family now,” Hinton told CNN. “It means the world. We talk about anything. We go through everything together.” In 2024, Thanksgiving looked a little different, but their tradition still prevailed. Hinton called her on FaceTime …