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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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“Slow Parenting” is for Lazy Parents

Sometimes I wish I  wasn’t so plugged into the news. Because if I wasn’t a journalist addicted to the Internet, I might never have seen this piece of shit article. If you don’t feel like clicking over, here’s the synopsis: Kids have busy lives. They have school, sports and extracurricular activities up the wazoo. They’re [...] [...]

March 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 28 comments - (Comments are closed)

Monday Morning Musings

From time to time I like to empty my brain of all the little odds and ends floating around in there. Separately they don’t constitute a post, but together…well, it’s probably still not a great post but they can’t all be winners you know. Here’s what’s been kicking around in my head lately: –> I [...] [...]

March 29th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 7 comments - (Comments are closed)

Her Shit Don’t Stink

Apparently all farts aren’t created equal. I’m tired of it. I’m sick of the discrimination and the banishment. Why am I destined to live life as a second class citizen, when everyone else who lives in my house does the same thing, but minus the derision, snide comments and piercing looks of death? Yup, we’re [...] [...]

March 26th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 17 comments - (Comments are closed)

A Trip to the ER

***NOTE TO READERS: We’re having problems with the comments so I apologize to the people who have tried to leave them and had trouble. My crack team of experts (aka my awesome brother Nate) is working on it so bear with us.*** Will has been sick for nearly a month now. It started with vomiting [...] [...]

March 24th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)

No More Eating Out

As one glance at my wastline attests, I love food and I love to eat. Therefore it goes without saying that dining at restaurants has long been one of my favorite pasttimes. The simple fact of the matter is I’m not a cook. MJ is actually pretty adept at the culinary arts, but she gets [...] [...]

March 22nd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 14 comments - (Comments are closed)
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