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Home Media & Resources Mercy Stories Jimmy Buffett wishes teacher happy birthday

Jimmy Buffett wishes teacher happy birthday

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Sister Aidan Donaldson celebrated her 102nd birthday on August 8, 2010 and got a surprise hand-written note from a former eighth-grade student. Sister Aidan was singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett's teacher at St. Ignatius in Mobile, Alabama.

"I was really surprised. I had not seen him since he left the 8th grade," Sister Aidan said.

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