{"id":1058807,"date":"2021-11-27T04:28:40","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T09:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058807"},"modified":"2021-11-27T04:28:44","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T09:28:44","slug":"grandmother-and-man-who-met-after-accidental-text-share-6th-thanksgiving-together","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/grandmother-and-man-who-met-after-accidental-text-share-6th-thanksgiving-together\/","title":{"rendered":"Grandmother and Man Who Met After Accidental Text Share 6th Thanksgiving Together"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgrandmother-and-man-who-met-after-accidental-text-share-6th-thanksgiving-together%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1058807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/thanksgiving-dinner-toast-stock-photo-gettyimages-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">A grandmother in Mesa, Arizona, and a young man whom she met in 2016 after texting the wrong number shared their sixth Thanksgiving dinner together on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday marks our 6th Thanksgiving together,\u201d Jamal Hinton wrote on Twitter, sharing a photo of himself with his girlfriend Mikaela and Wanda Dench, the grandmother who accidentally texted him six years ago, believing she was texting her grandson.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>In the photo, Wanda can be seen holding a picture of her late husband, Lonnie Dench, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/news\/thanksgiving-grandma-has-holiday-dinner-with-jamal-in-honor-of-husband-who-died-of-covid\/article_df4416d0-2baa-11eb-b70f-530dbbf376c0.html?block_id=997197\">passed<\/a> away in March 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2258064516129\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Today marks our 6th Thanksgiving together\ud83d\udc9b <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6xas8EVsiM\">pic.twitter.com\/6xas8EVsiM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jamal Hinton (@Jamalhinton12) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jamalhinton12\/status\/1464018372559998976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hinton can also be seen in the photo holding up what appears to be a painting of the four of them: Himself, Mikaela, Wanda, and Lonnie, who is waving in the background with a halo above his head.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9631578947368\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Looking forward to getting together with family and friends for Thanksgiving.  Jamal said he\u2019ll bring the pumpkin pie. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KQO9P8WMTZ\">pic.twitter.com\/KQO9P8WMTZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Wanda D (@wandadench) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wandadench\/status\/1463716099778748419?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last year, the group shared their fifth&nbsp;Thanksgiving meal together&nbsp;and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2020\/11\/22\/grandma-man-who-met-accidental-text-reunite-honor-her-late-husband-thanksgiving\/\">honored<\/a> Wanda\u2019s late husband by placing a candle&nbsp;and a photo of him at the head of the table.<\/p>\n<p>Hinton and&nbsp;his girlfriend had also brought Wanda a care package, which included a USB drive to plug into her computer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/news\/thanksgiving-grandma-has-holiday-dinner-with-jamal-in-honor-of-husband-who-died-of-covid\/article_df4416d0-2baa-11eb-b70f-530dbbf376c0.html?block_id=997197\">reported<\/a> AZFamily\u2019s&nbsp;Briana Whitney at the time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe love and support you, and hope this puts a smile on your face,\u201d Hinton can be heard saying in a video on the USB drive. The video then cut to a montage of clips from people all around the country, offering Wanda well wishes in the wake of losing Lonnie.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had collected these wonderful well wishes from people everywhere around the United States and the world,\u201d Wanda said, adding, \u201cI did cry a lot through that, because it was just amazing and so touching, and all these strangers \u2014 how wonderful it was.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Watch Below:<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.429775280899\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For the first time since her husband Lonnie died of COVID-19, Wanda Dench sits down for an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Wanda is the viral &#8220;Thanksgiving grandma&#8221; who sent the mistaken text to @kingjamal08 in 2016. Now, Jamal has made all the difference helping her heal\u2764\ufe0f<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5wLyW51qCE\">https:\/\/t.co\/5wLyW51qCE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hMobqOaKYG\">pic.twitter.com\/hMobqOaKYG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Briana Whitney (@BrianaWhitney) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrianaWhitney\/status\/1263326149406412800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It all started in 2016, when Wanda texted a number that she thought belonged to her grandson, writing, \u201cThanksgiving at my house on Nov. 24 at 3:00 pm. Let me know if you\u2019re coming. Hope to see you all. Of course that includes Amanda &amp; Justin.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWho is [this]..\u201d Hinton replied, to which Wanda wrote, \u201cYour grandma.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A seemingly confused Hinton then asked for a photo, at which point Wanda sent him a selfie from her office. Hinton replied with a selfie of himself, writing, \u201cYou not my grandma\u201d with a laughing\/crying emoji, before asking, \u201cCan I still get a plate tho?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf course you can,\u201d Wanda replied. \u201cThat\u2019s what grandma\u2019s do\u2026 feed every one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After that, screenshots of the text messages went viral on social media. They later decided to meet in person when Wanda\u2019s real grandson contacted Hinton.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the group has been getting together for a Thanksgiving tradition that Hinton said has \u201cbecome a huge part of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>You can follow Alana&nbsp;Mastrangelo on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ARmastrangelo\">Facebook<\/a> and Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ARmastrangelo\">@ARmastrangelo<\/a>, and on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alanamastrangelo\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A grandmother in Mesa, Arizona, and a young man whom she met in 2016 after texting the wrong number shared their sixth Thanksgiving dinner together on Thursday. \u201cToday marks our &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1058807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1058807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1058807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1058807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1058807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1058807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}