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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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The Problem with Many Moms

I’m partially stealing this from my very talented friend and colleague Sarah Shemkus who keeps this blog over at the Cape Cod Times Web site. Sarah points out her Top 10 Worst Commercials of 2009, and does so in very snarky, wonderful fashion. But the ad I want to hit on is this one from [...] [...]

December 31st, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | Comments are closed

The Best Time

Granted, this is my first time riding the parental roller coaster, but so far this has been the best time to be Will’s dad. He’s almost 21 months and the kid literally learns something new everyday. Like a sponge. He’s talking a lot now and he can really parrot things back to us. It’s sentences [...] [...]

December 30th, 2009 | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments - (Comments are closed)

John Wayne & Lots of Trains

It is never too late to begin a family Christmas tradition. My grandmother died this year so this Christmas was a little tough because it was the first one without her. But when she was alive, we liked to tease her mercilessly about her John Wayne obsession. She adored the man and had all of [...] [...]

December 28th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)

Santa or Religion: Which is the Lie?

But in the end, I don’t see how perpetuating the Santa myth is any worse than spreading the absolute fairytale that is organized religion. At least with Santa there are presents and cookies involved. That beats eating human flesh blood and having to fork over 10 percent of my salary to God any day. [...]

December 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 57 comments - (Comments are closed)

Snow. And Lots of It.

I’m too tired to write anything coherent, so I’ll take you through a pictorial day in the life of a snowed in Massachusetts resident. When I woke up, this is what I saw when I attempted to go outside: After spending 5 minutes shoving on the door and making an opening wide enough to squeeze [...] [...]

December 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
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