As I mentioned in the lead-in to the Wild Card, I spent the weekend in the Portland area, where I spent time with my daughter, who's a public relations specialist, and my son and his wife. Junior (pictured) is headed from the UColorado medical school at Denver to University of Florida at Gainesville this summer to begin a medical residency. So I'll have one kid 6 hours away and the other as far away across the country as you can get. Which saddens me, as I sit here and think about it. Of course, with today's jets, Skype, and the Internet, no one is really that far away. However, I get a little miffed when I hear people complain that there's too much family around them. How about you?

Question: Does most of your immediate family live near you? Is that a blessing or something less?