- A woman named Syd accidentally texted the wrong number for advice about buying a dress.
- A father of six received the text and replied with a photo of five of his kids giving a thumbs up.
- A tweet featuring screenshots of the conversation went viral.
- It turns out that the child missing from the photo was in the hospital getting treated for leukemia, and the viral text raised awareness for the family's GoFundMe campaign.
A text to the wrong number is doing more good than Tony Wood ever imagined.
Wood, a father of six from Sedalia, Missouri, received a text from an unfamiliar number with photos of a woman trying on an evening gown. Instead of simply replying "wrong number," he decided to respond with humor.
"I believe this message was intended for someone else," he wrote. "My wife isn't home, so I couldn't get her opinion, but the kids and I think you look stunning in your dress! You should definitely go with that one!"
He also included a photo of five of his six kids giving the sender a thumbs up.
Twitter user Mandi Miller posted screenshots of the exchange, garnering over 173,000 retweets and almost 700,000 likes.
"Syd accidentally sent pics of her dress to the wrong number and this was their response," she tweeted with a cry-laughing emoji.
Syd accidentally sent pics of her dress to the wrong number and this was their response 😂 pic.twitter.com/SWmcqSFiqh
— Mandi Miller ❂ (@bbymandi) March 8, 2018
Twitter lost it.
THIS. IS. GOLDEN.
— Haley Elizabeth ❤ (@WoahItsHaleeey) March 9, 2018
So nice to see strangers being nice to each other just because... gives me hope
— April (@SpringMorning74) March 10, 2018
The kids 😭😭😭 so cute
— Alex Utada (@Utadaaah) March 9, 2018
it's so cute i'm crying
— hannah (@hannah___marsh) March 9, 2018
This is the most wholesome thing I have seen in a while.
— Tristan Weld (@TristanWeld) March 9, 2018
There's a reason why Wood's wife wasn't home to ask for fashion advice — she was at the hospital with their four-year-old son Kaizler, who is battling leukemia.
The viral tweet raised awareness for the family's GoFundMe campaign to help with expenses during Kaizler's treatment, and donations began pouring in. The campaign has now surpassed its $10,000 goal by almost $5,000.
Wood expressed his gratitude for the generosity of strangers on the internet.
The kindness and generosity of Twitter and other venues saw our gofundme account surpass our goal last night! I can't begin to thank everyone enough! This is a major hour of need for us and this blessing will help more than you know! God Bless all of you!
— TriStar Home Team (@TristarHomeTeam) March 11, 2018
He also included a thumbs up from Kaizler.
You're very kind. Here is a thumbs up from Kaizler! pic.twitter.com/hHbl48Zkc7
— TriStar Home Team (@TristarHomeTeam) March 9, 2018
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