Minivan Mom Confessional

Posted by Kelby Carr Sep 6, 2006

I'm not really the typical mom, though. When my first child arrived, instead of settling in and seeking stability, I did the opposite. We sold our house, quit our jobs and we wandered Europe for several months working on a travel guidebook.

In my pre-baby days, I was a partying, traveling girl. Just the mere thought of a minivan made me crinkle my nose in disgust.

Then we went to the ultrasound and found out we were having twins. As we left the doctor's office, I turned to my husband and said, succinctly: "You do know this means we have to get a minivan." We mourned our former cool days together.

This weekend, I finally caved. I bought a 2005 Dodge Caravan. And I must confess, I love it already! One of the coolest things (yes, I did say cool) is the built-in DVD player with drop-down screen. After enduring months of my daughter whining and messing with one twin sitting next to her, she now rides in peace.

It's also just downright comfortable, and a pleasure to drive.

I plan to at least attempt to make it cool. My Sirius radio will be installed in it, so I can listen to Howard Stern when I don't have Dora the Exporer tying up the sound system. I plan to ask for a cool GPS unit for Christmas.

So I won't be cool. What can you do? At least I will have the right vehicle. It will be great for grocery shopping, and even better for road trips. I had to give in eventually. Didn't I?