Despite a breast cancer diagnosis, Thanksgiving Grandma and the young man she met nearly a decade ago via an accidental text will continue their holiday tradition today for the ninth year in a row.

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The unlikely duo share Thanksgiving annually since a 2016 text meant for the Mesa woman's grandson was instead received by another teen.

After meeting almost a decade ago entirely by chance, a grandmother in Arizona and the young stranger she now calls a friend will have Thanksgiving dinner together Thursday for the ninth year in a row.

A tradition that began in 2016 when Wanda Dench accidentally texted the wrong number an invitation to Thanksgiving dinner had a slight change for their ninth year. When Jamal Hinton, a teenager at the time,

Simply the baste! A beloved Thanksgiving tradition that started when an Arizona grandma accidentally invited a local teen to her holiday dinner in 2016 will reunite the former strangers for the ninth year in a row.