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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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Scared Shitless

Will loves it when I scare him. I don’t mean scare him in an intimidating or menacing way. I’m not standing over him with a butcher knife or anything. It’s more of a good-natured startling that he’s into. You know how we go to horror movies and even though you know the bad guy is [...] [...]

January 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 11 comments - (Comments are closed)

Bullying

CHECK OUT DAD-BLOGS AND FATHERHOOD FRIDAY! The big news out of South Hadley, Mass. recently is the tragic story of Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old high school student who committed suicide because she was relentlessly bullied by a group of girls at her high school. Prince moved to Massachusetts six months ago from Ireland. For some [...] [...]

January 29th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

80′s Movie Sequels

I was recently watching “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a movie near and dear to my heart similar to any other kid who grew up in the 80′s. I remember when I first saw it as a kid, I thought Ferris was the coolest guy around. Skipping school, hot girlfriend, cruising in a Ferrari, scamming an [...] [...]

January 27th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Uncategorized | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)

My Wife Rocks

My buddies at Dad-Blogs had a fantastic ideas last week, and that was for all of us fathers to write something complimentary about our wives. And it couldn’t have been more timely. I’m very proud of MJ, and I’m eternally thankful for her. But today, I’m extra proud. Because today, my wife is going back [...] [...]

January 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

Stupid Bets

I love gambling. And all my friends know I’m a sucker for a good bet. When someone challenges me to a bet, no matter how silly the terms, I can’t refuse. But what’s worse, sometimes I’m too overconfident and I make up the bets myself. Such was the case two weeks ago when the Patriots [...] [...]

January 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 9 comments - (Comments are closed)
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