Because of a mistaken text message, Jamal has a new holiday tradition—and a new friendship that lasted way beyond the time it took 400,000 retweets to travel across the internet.
Last year, the teen received a text message from a grandmother saying, “Thanksgiving dinner is at my house on November 24th at 3:00pm. Let me know if you’re coming.”
Jamal did come, even though the message was mistakenly sent by Wanda Dench who was trying to invite her own grandson—but gave a warm welcome to the young man, who asked if he could attend, anyway.
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“Of course you can. That’s what grandmas do… feed everyone.”
This year, they continued what they determined would be a tradition in the Mesa, Arizona household—Jamal’s shining presence at every November Thanksgiving feast going forward.
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