Sports Sunday Fun Day: Maligayang Bati, Papa Jun!

♪Happy ☼Birthday☼♫ to my Dad today!

Go, *Dallas Cowboys* this NFL ☼Sunday!

Throwback: Papa Jun & I en route to our *Dallas Cowboys* game against the Philly Eagles during the ‘BOYS‘ first season at its new home field (then-Cowboys Stadium/now-AT&T Stadium)

Just like any fortunate child who has grown up with a father or paternal figure, I feel extremely †blessed† and grateful to still have mine as a constant part of my life.

Throwback: Papa Jun & I have a good view of *America’s Team* and *America’s Sweethearts from 6 rows behind the end zone!

Papa Jun is one of the most well-rounded people who I know and admire:

• He was a hardworking country boy in his side of the family’s province in the Philippines 
• He served over two decades in the *United States Air Force* both Stateside and overseas
• He continued his almost two-decade aviation career after retiring from the military
• He stays active as he plays tennis and roots on our football and basketball teams
• He taught me many fundamentals, from math to car maintenance to politics

Even as an adult, I still keep learning from my Dad, who always enlightens me everyday, through his example and his wisdom as a prayerful soon-to-be first-time grandfather with whom I attended Church today. Cheers, Pops!

Maligayang Bati, Papa Jun, at ♥Mahal♥ Kita!

✌ R.I.P., Flip Saunders of the NBA ✌

Thirsty Thursday: Commandments vs. Capital Sins

In my quest to get closer to Heaven …

Regalo de México de mi Suegra

I strive to thrive on the Ten Commandments and live by the Four Cardinal Virtues while doing my best to resist the Seven Deadly Sins. Here is a list of each of them: the Commandments, along with the Sins that impose temptation to break those Commandments, and the Virtues to keep in order to prevent myself from committing those Sins:

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10 Commandments = MUST Do	7 Capital Sins = DON’T Do	4 Cardinal Virtues = MUST Maintain
You shall have no other gods before me.	Greed, Pride	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness of anything that is in Heaven above, or that is in the Earth beneath, or that is in the water under the Earth.	Pride	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not take the name of the LORD your GOD in vain.	Anger	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
Remember the Sabbath day, to keep holy.	Gluttony, Lust, Sloth	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
Honor your father and your mother.	Anger, Pride, Sloth	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not murder.	Anger	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not commit adultery.	Envy, Greed, Lust	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not steal.	Greed	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.	Greed, Pride	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not cover your neighbor’s wife, nor his male servant, nor his female servant, nor his ox, nor his donkey, nor anything that is your neighbor’s.	Envy, Greed, Lust	Fortitude, Justice, Prudence, Temperance

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