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I'm a 33-year-old father and husband born and bred in Massachusetts. I have a beautiful son named Will, a gorgeous wife named MJ who is far too hot to have married me, a dog I love and two cats I put up with. I'm a smart-ass former newspaper reporter with a penchant for turning a phrase, who decided to go corporate and is now enjoying life as a content manager for a website.

This blog is not just another "daddy blog." Sure I write about my son, but these pages are a record of my life. I don't just highlight the fun milestones like first steps, I also chronicle the "other stuff." The fights, the torment and the doubt that inevitably come with being a husband and father. It's not always puppy dogs and rainbows, but it is very real. And often there is beauty in the sadness, redemption in the struggle.

Thank you for checking me out, giving me a try and sticking around for the journey. If you'd like to contact me you can email aaron_gouveia (at) yahoo (dot) com.

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Tom Brady: Role Model

I know parents are supposed to be role models. I should be the one leading the way and setting a positive example for Will. And I fully intend to do just that. But if ever I could show my son an example of what he should strive to become, it would be New England Patriots [...] [...]

May 31st, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

FF: A Day in the Life of Will

It’s Fatherhood Friday again and that means it’s time to click on over to Dad Blogs and check out all the amazingly talented mom and dad bloggers they’ve got over there. About a year ago I wrote a post where I got inside Will’s head and imagined what he was thinking as he went about [...] [...]

May 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Love, Honor, Cherish? Not Today!

There are many days — more often than not — that I look at my wife and think “My God I am the luckiest man on the planet.” I see how beautiful she is, I lay a passionate kiss on her and I thank her for being the best wife ever. In those moments I [...] [...]

May 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)

The Key to Economic Recovery Is In My Pants

QUICK SITE UPDATE: I know this is a pain, but if you have Daddy Files saved as a Bookmark, RSS feed or Google Reader you’re going to have to tweak things slightly. It’s now http://daddyfiles.com which will lead you straight to the site. We’ve eliminated that first page you used to see when you originally [...] [...]

May 27th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

What a Piece of Shit!

While I was recovering from my hangover looking through the morning paper, I saw an ad from a Cape car dealership that promised great deals. I showed it to MJ and she agreed that it might just be worth going down there and seeing what they have to offer. There’s nothing wrong with my SUV. [...] [...]

May 25th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
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