Published November 25. 2016 02:45PM
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona woman who accidentally texted a stranger an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner has made good on her offer after it spread through social media.
The Arizona Republic reports (http://bit.ly/2fyThMx ) that Wanda Dench greeted 17-year-old Jamal Hinton with a hug before they sat down for dinner Thursday at her suburban Phoenix home.The mix-up happened after Dench included what she thought was her grandson's number on a group text last week. But he had changed his number and forgot to tell her.Instead, the text went to Hinton. They realized the mistake after the two exchanged pictures, but Hinton asked if he could "still get a plate." Dench responded, "Of course you can. That's what grandmas do."The exchange gained attention after Hinton posted it on Twitter.
In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2016 photo, Jamal Hinton, center, and Wanda Dench, right, and her family and friends, have Thanksgiving dinner at Wanda's home, in Mesa, Ariz. Hinton was accidentally invited by Dench through a text, but when they discovered the mistake and he asked for a plate anyway, she said "come on over !" (Tom Tingle /The Arizona Republic via AP)