This is Bruce, our trusty 2001 Honda Odyssey. Find it a bit odd that we named our car? Me too. But apparently Jason's family always names their cars. There was Miss Piggy, a big old cargo van and Cecelia, an old red panel truck. Three years ago we were on the final leg of our first drive home from Florida and we were saying how lucky we were to have such a great reliable car. We started to toss around names, and nothing quite fit. Then little Alanya, then three years old, yelled out, "Bruce!" This was during the heyday of Finding Nemo, and in the movie Bruce is a big, lumbering, grey shark with a heart of gold. The name fit perfectly, and from then on Bruce it was.
We bought Bruce a month before our second child was born and I remember back then with only one child it felt like a living room on wheels. It still does, particularly when we take our 27 hour 1,510 mile one way trek to Florida. We get to know Bruce really well during that trip. We'll be leaving again soon in a few weeks and I have to bring Bruce in for an oil change and a once over before we go. It's Bruce's time to shine.
No comments:
Post a Comment