A death in a family

AP reports Florida US Senate candidate Marco Rubio's father has died after a long illness.

Losing a parent is one of those life events you know must be coming but by which you get knocked back hard. It's a signal of your own mortality and the importance of family as you move forward in your own life, increasingly alone.

Rubio canceled a campaign debate to be with his father and family. Condolences to them all in a sad time.