About Me Stories

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STRANGER THAN FICTION

About Me — Lindy Vogel

I’m an unlikely mother of multitudes

Lindy Vogel
About Me Stories
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25 min readJul 18, 2022

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Me, with our fifth child, Gale, in 2016. (Author’s Photo)

I was born a poor, Asian child.

Sorry, that was inappropriate. I’m neither Asian nor a Steve Martin character. Let me start again.

I was born in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Ken, Japan, on a US Naval Base. I’m white. It was the early 1980’s, and at the time of my birth my dad was a Navy Pilot (F-14’s and F-4’s) who was stationed on the USS Midway. My parents are both Michigan natives — my dad from Lansing, my mom born in Manistique — but met in Florida when my dad was in flight school in Pensacola.

That’s not my dad, but it’s one of his (late) Navy buddies, sitting on the plane’s edge. (Author’s Screenshot)

When Mom and Dad met, Mom was an emancipated 17-year-old barmaid, a freckled, strawberry-blonde Finn and Norwegian. I owe my life to an extra “L.” Mom narrowly missed winning a college scholarship in a large spelling bee, ironically finishing second by misspelling “fulfill.” She met Dad, instead.

Mom been abused and neglected by her parents, both alcoholics, and had lived with a friend for several years as a teen. She wanted to be cared about.

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About Me Stories
About Me Stories

Published in About Me Stories

A publication dedicated to bringing out the stories behind the writers themselves. A place of autobiographies. Types of personal stories include introductions, memoirs, self-reflections, and self-love.

Lindy Vogel
Lindy Vogel

Written by Lindy Vogel

Salty bitch, mom of six. EIC at Sweary Mommy. Words in YourTango, Pregnant Chicken, Slackjaw, Human Parts, & Nameberry.

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