The Doppelnganger

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Do you ever have people tell you that you look like someone they know? This happens to me all the time. It used to happen to me a lot more when I was younger but now that I'm older it does not happen as often. It is kind of fun to think you have someone that you look like. When I was little, I was told that I looked just like Laura Ingalls Wilder from Little House on the Prairie. And I did. I totally identified with her character too. I was pretty much the happy-go-lucky, semi-naive kid that stuck up for the underdog and took on the evil Nelly Olsen types.  
Later on in my 20's the Judds were all the rage and I got told constantly that I looked like Wynonna Judd. So much so that one time in the 90s, when I had on all black, including cowboy boots coming out of a Starbucks a guy stopped me and swore I was Wynonna. By far this was the most hilarious doppelganger sighting I've ever encountered because the guy wanted my autograph. I just had to walk away. I swear it is only because of my red hair. Most recently, in my later years I have been told by more than one person that I look like Maureen O'Hara - classically paired up with John Wayne in many a western. This is the doppelganger that I am most happy with. Every encounter I've had with someone who says I am a doppelganger of someone they know has been a positive impact on my life because you end up having a conversation with that person about the person you remind them of. It has never been someone they dislike.

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