The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl by Issa Rae

Author:Issa Rae [Rae, Issa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Atria / 37 Ink
Published: 2015-02-09T23:00:00+00:00

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My father is now remarried, settling in with his new wife. And though I find myself tip-toeing around her with forced politeness, I don’t find myself as hesitant to get inside his head. When I’m ready to go down that road, I will.

Today, with the Obamacare California deadline looming, my dad calls me to make sure I have health insurance.

“Hey, Dad,” I answer.

“Sign up for the California Care. Google it and tell your sister.”

I’m driving on Edgewood to a meeting in Hollywood.

“Dad, I been had insurance. I’m grown,” I say playfully, laughing because my dad still doesn’t know exactly what it is that I do. He’s just grateful I’m not on his payroll anymore. He laughs heartily. “Oh, you’re grown? How many bills am I paying again?”

Oops. “Oh, just kidding. I was just playing. I’m not grown, Dad!” I relent as I realize he’s still paying my phone bill (I’m on a family plan). And my car insurance (that shit’s expensive). And up until that conversation, which must have served as a reminder for him, my car was still in his name. No less than a week later, he gave me the pink slip of ownership. Now all my tickets go directly to me.

I realize I can get so caught up in my own feelings that I forget how much my dad still does for me, without a single complaint. I neglect to consider how much he will continue to support me, no matter what I need, as long as he can. While I still haven’t heard the words “I love you,” I realize I haven’t said them to him either. We both have some feelings to catch up on and I know I’m not beyond initiating them.

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