We may receive an affiliate commission from anything you buy from this article.In his memoir, "Time to Thank: Caregiving for My Hero" (Post Hill Press), actor Steve Guttenberg writes about his hero – his father, Stanley – and the relationship they shared, from childhood, through his Hollywood career (in such films as "Cocoon" and the "Police Academy" series), to their final years together, once Stanley was diagnosed with kidney failure – and Guttenberg dedicated himself to becoming his father's caregiver.Read an excerpt below, and don't miss Lisa Ling's interview with Steve Guttenberg on "CBS Sunday Morning" January 19!"Time to Thank: Caregiving for My Hero" by Steve Guttenberg $19 at Amazon Prefer to listen? Audible has a 30-day free trial available right now.
Try Audible for free It was the tail end of June 1968; the air was starting to get humid.Fourth grade was ending, and I could feel the three months of delirium that was coming.
And I was ready.Because I'd been collecting.
I had enough fireworks to last the whole summer.I took every penny I made from my Newsday delivery route and poured them into "belts," these macho configurations of 144 firecrackers.
These particular belts came straight from China, with Chinese calligraphy on the wrapper, and to my young perspective, they were the ultimate asset.Better than gold.
I bought belt after belt from Andy Mahoney, who was notorious in my neighborhood for lighting my neighbor's garage on fire with a chlorine bomb.He was an anti-hero, a rebel with a cause, five years older than I was.
The only reason he talked with me was because I was buying from him.Initially I kept all that gunpowder in the ingenious hideaway I'd devised: the side drawer of my desk.
By some miracle, my mother never found them.But they couldn't just sit in that drawer forever; I had to see if they would work.
So I decided to get a pack of match...