We have just done a school pick-up; 14-year-old twins and their 12-year-old sister are in the car with us. In a unanimous decision, we head directly to Chick-fil-A because some days the main thing you get at school is hungry. Very, very hungry.

We ordered and are seated with waffle fries and ice cream, checking off vegetables and dairy for the day. A 40-something woman, an older woman and a man pass beside our table and take seats directly behind us.

One of the girls looks over her shoulder for a second look, then whispers to her sister. They nod in agreement.

“Look at the woman behind us,” one whispers to me.

“What about her?” I ask, shooting an “it’s not polite to gawk at people” look.

“Don’t you know who that is?”

“No,” I say.

“You don’t recognize her?” says the other in disbelief.

“Should I?” I ask.

“YES! It’s Reese Witherspoon!”

“That is not Reese Witherspoon.”

They adamantly disagree.

“Seriously, girls? You really think Reese Witherspoon, her mother and some man are in a Chick-fil-A in central Indiana?”

“Yeah! Incredible, isn’t it?”

They are so confident that I google Reese Witherspoon on my phone to remind myself what she looks like.

I show it to the girls who say it’s a bad picture and insist Reese is right behind them.

Just in case it is Legally Blonde, the husband raises his cell phone way above his head to take a selfie and captures “Reese Witherspoon” seated at the table behind him.

The girls are ecstatic. Grandpa now has a selfie with Reese Witherspoon.

I catch Reese’s eye and say, “Excuse me, but could you settle a debate at our table?”

“What is it?” the woman asks.

“These girls think you are Reese Witherspoon. Are you?”

She looked puzzled, then her eyes twinkled, and a smile covered her entire face.

“That is so flattering!” she said, “but no, I’m not. Thank you so much for thinking I might be. Thank you. Thank you.” If the girls had asked for some of her waffle fries, I am certain she would have given them the entire box.

As not-Reese Witherspoon and her companions exited the building, one of the girls said, “Well, she might not have been Reese Witherspoon, but did you get a good look at the guy?”

“I didn’t really notice him,” I said, watching not-Reese float on a cloud of mistaken identity as she glided through the parking lot.

“I’m pretty sure the man with them is one of those guys from 'Duck Dynasty.'”

Why not? Reese Witherspoon and a star from "Duck Dynasty," together at a Chick-fil-A eating waffle fries, mid-afternoon on a Friday in Indianapolis.

When you’re 12 and 14 anything is possible.

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