Oh Daddy Part 2 Guide

I stood there, blinking. “Dad, it’s seven in the morning.”

Tell them on a random Saturday at 7 AM when they show up with a wrench and a grocery run. Tell them when they’re grumbling about a tensioner pulley. Tell them while they’re washing the grease off their hands in your kitchen sink and using your good hand towel because they didn’t see the paper towels right next to them.

I watched the gray in his beard that wasn’t there five years ago. I watched the way he wiped his hands on the same red rag he’s had since I was ten. I watched him refuse my help holding the flashlight because “you’ll hold it wrong.” oh daddy part 2

And I realized: Oh daddy part 2 isn’t the sequel. It’s the entire franchise.

Fast forward to 7 AM Saturday. I am in my pajamas. Coffee hasn’t touched my lips. There’s a knock at my apartment door. I stood there, blinking

Don’t wait for the big moments. The graduations, the weddings, the holidays.

I tried to thank him. I got all teary and said, “Dad, you really didn’t have to—” Tell them while they’re washing the grease off

After he fixed the car (yes, it was the serpentine belt), he stood up, cracked his back in that way that makes me wince, and said, “You’re good for another 50,000 miles. Maybe.”