(CNN) — Wanda Dench and Jamal Hinton met at the intersection of a wrong number and a bold invitation. A decade later, they’re still celebrating Thanksgiving together and their unlikely friendship continues to inspire.

It started with a text Dench meant to send to one of her six grandchildren, inviting them to Thanksgiving dinner in 2016.

Then a 17-year-old high school senior, Hinton opened the text, skeptical it could have come from his own grandmother, who was not all that technologically savvy. He asked for a photo, and when Dench sent him a selfie – clearly not of his grandma – he replied with a selfie of his own and a cheeky question.

When Hinton asked if he could still have a Thanksgiving plate, Dench didn’t hesitate. She offered him a seat at her family table. After all, what a

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