News of the fifty-third-year reunion of St. Gregory’s eighth grade class of 1966 reached the DeVico household on a Sunday evening in late September. At that precise moment, Nick was feet up in the den, awaiting the opening kickoff of the NFL’s prime-time game, while Kathy was hunched over her laptop at the dining room table, reviewing the charts for tomorrow’s patients. Newly retired, Nick was painfully aware that his daily activities paled in comparison to Kathy’s professional responsibilities, and so at the sound of the landline’s ring he shoved his feet into his slippers and reached the phone before

Want to keep reading?

Buy this issue or