Grandma Mistakenly Texted The Wrong Guy On Thanksgiving, This Changed Her Every T.G Going Forward

grandma mistakenly texted the wrong guy on thanksgiving she had no clue this would change your every thanksgiving going forward but before we start please take a moment to give this video a like subscribe to happy world and hit the bell so you'll never miss these great stories a grandmother became an online hit when she texted the wrong person to invite him to thanksgiving dinner as it turns out she used her mistake to adopt a new grandchild and the two have started a new thanksgiving tradition that is all about how friends become family in 2016 wanda dench was sending an innocent text message to her grandson inviting him to thanksgiving when the unexpected happened her text went to the wrong person what happened next touched hearts around the world wanda wanted to invite her grandson to thanksgiving dinner instead she sent it to the wrong person it went instead to jamal hinton a 17 year old who lived nearby when she realized her mistake she invited him to thanksgiving anyway everything began when wanda sent a message to her grandsons before thanksgiving one of her grandsons got the message with no problem the other however had changed his number without telling her as it turned out someone else now had the number and that someone was jamal hinton when he got the message he wanted to know who was texting him wanda replied its grandma jamal replied you not my grandma he texted back a photo of himself and asking can i still get a plate though of course you can't you're blind that's what grandmas do feed everyone wanda lives in mesa arizona while jamal lives in tempe since it was basically a halfway point between phoenix and tampa jamal decided to attend someone posted their text messages to twitter where it went viral more than 200 000 people were tweeted the comments and nearly half a million people liked it jamal eagerly accepted the invitation the two shared a laugh and formed a bond over the invitation and the dinner in 2017 dench decided to reach out to jamal again with another invitation this time it wasn't a mistake this time around jamal brought his boyfriend michaela grubs he introduced her to wanda it was really nice having everybody here dench told the arizona republic wanda enjoyed having young people around for dinner wanda told a paper we gotta laugh about it last year and reminisce about how it all blew up on our phone and how i had to change my number we had a laugh and a good time that wasn't the end of the story this time their relationship truly blossomed wanda and jamal chat about once a week they discussed jamal's plans for the future and catch up about wanda's family jamal has big plans by the way to attend law school and become a sports agent wanda's delighted with her new friend for him to continue with a relationship i'm just really pleasantly surprised she said we're more of extended family and best of all friends her message for others is that even strangers can be like family if they engage in the spirit of openness the world is becoming a better place than it used to be jamal said i'm loving it i love that you don't have to know someone or know their background to be nice to them that's just the right message for our chaotic times and the invitation has already been extended and accepted for thanksgiving 2018 2019 and well we'll look forward to 2020 the best part of every holiday's time with family and friends the second best it's the pie of course jamal did his part with both in 2017 bringing pumpkin pie lots of laughter to his new grandmother's house a lesson for everyone this holiday season