Chuck

I just saw Chuck on the 10 o'clock news. Chuck was distributing information to reporters outside the scene of a home invasion and homicide in the swank city of Hillsborough, where he has been a cop for over 20 years. (The news accounts were quite confused, and none of the police were talking.)

I used to kid Chuck about what a soft job he had, until he got dog duty. He and a German shepherd would chase fleeing burglars over the hedges of the Hillsborough estates, so Chuck had to stay in good shape to perform his job. He and his wife Jerri are godparents to our older son, as we are to their daughter, but after they divorced we didn't stay in touch.

Recently we've been running into him at restaurants on the Peninsula. And we just saw him with some of his buddies in the parking lot at the Sharks game last March. Now that he works at a desk and doesn't have to chase crooks, he's put on a few pounds, but haven't we all? © 2004 Stephen Yuen