Viral grandma and stranger she mistakenly texted to celebrate 10th Thanksgiving together

Sometimes the champion connections hap by accidental — and for 1 Arizona pair, that spot of luck has turned into yet different Thanksgiving that they're spending together. This year, it volition beryllium their 10th. 

Back successful 2016, Wanda Dench meant to invitation her grandson to her Thanksgiving celebration. Instead, she accidentally texted Jamal Hinton of Phoenix.

The 2 realized the mistake erstwhile she sent a photograph confirmation of herself, with Hinton responding, "[You're] not my grandma," and adding a laughing emoji.

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Hinton attached a selfie to corroborate she had the incorrect number, but Dench asked if helium could halt by for dinner anyway. 

The communicative went viral connected societal media, and adjacent now, their yearly contented continues to seizure the hearts of Americans crossed the nation.

Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton are celebrating their 10th Thanksgiving together. (Green Giant® Vegetables)

Dench and Hinton talked to Fox News Digital astir however their accidental Thanksgiving invitation blossomed into a decade-long relationship — and however they’re celebrating their 10th vacation together.

"I retrieve similar it was yesterday due to the fact that it was breathtaking and fun, and wholly unexpected [in presumption of] the extremity results erstwhile each the media benignant of circled us," said Dench. "Meeting Jamal was the champion happening ever, and I americium saying that from my heart. That's true."

Their improbable relationship has remained a root of strength.

Hinton, for his part, said gathering Dench changed his life. "I retrieve it similar it was yesterday, my elder twelvemonth [of precocious school]. I was already similar the fashionable kid, [and] I became similar the ace fashionable kid." 

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He added, "But for me, the story's been a blessing since time one."

Even with Hinton's determination retired of Arizona and past back, and present to Florida — positive the nonaccomplishment of Dench’s hubby and a bosom crab diagnosis — their improbable relationship has remained a root of strength.

This twelvemonth volition beryllium other special, arsenic Dench said she is present officially cancer-free.

"Meeting Jamal was the champion happening ever, and I americium saying that from my heart. That's true," said Dench.  (Thomas Ingersoll)

"When I was diagnosed, I was a small amazed due to the fact that [breast cancer] doesn't tally successful our household oregon anything, and astatine my age, I thought — I don't cognize — I was past it, but evidently not," said Dench.

She said astatine first, she wasn't definite if she wanted to spell nationalist with her diagnosis. Yet friends and household encouraged her to usage her level to dispersed awareness, she said.

"I wanted to get the connection retired determination to each women, but particularly women successful my property group, due to the fact that I deliberation erstwhile we get to my age, we deliberation we're past each the mammograms and everything, but we're not," said Dench. "We inactive person a beingness to live."

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Dench said Hinton encouraged her to stock her diagnosis past October.

"Jamal goes, 'This is simply a bully period to bash this due to the fact that it's bosom crab consciousness month.' And that was successful October of past year."

She added, joking, "I didn't adjacent cognize it was bosom crab consciousness month, and I felt similar I should person known that earlier him."

Dench told Fox News Digital she is present officially escaped of bosom cancer.  (Thomas Ingersoll)

Dench said she ever thought it was the cutest thing, and that she's been blessed by the outpouring of enactment she has received.

"I'm grateful that I got that connection retired there," she said. "I've had a batch of responses. Women are thanking maine for mentioning that, and they're telling their parent oregon their grandmother," she said.

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Said Hinton, "I emotion the information that she said that we person a story, and that it's a truly bully feel-good story. And it comes astir each azygous year."

This year, Hinton volition beryllium "hosting" Thanksgiving. The repast volition beryllium catered done a concern with Green Giant to observe the company's 100th anniversary.

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"There isn't 1 happening I don't similar connected the menu," said Dench.