About Me

Babble.com's Top 50 Dad Blogs of 2011!I'm a 32-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.

It Finally Feels Real

I’ve known MJ was pregnant for nearly three months now, but it wasn’t until today that it hit me: We’re having a baby! I know this sounds horrible, but there have been several occasions since early April that I forgot MJ was pregnant.  And the reason I didn’t remember is because I was sure — [...] [...]

June 23rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

Festering on Father’s Day

To be blunt, my Father’s Day sucked. First of all I had to work. That right there takes a lot of the joy out of the day and eliminates a lot of options for celebrating. And I definitely didn’t want any presents. We’re broke and I don’t need anything. MJ got me my phone last [...] [...]

June 21st, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 30 comments - (Comments are closed)

Father’s Day: Celebrate the Misery

As I sit here alone on my couch mourning the loss of the Boston Celtics to the fucking hated Los Angeles Lakers, I am sad. Nay, I am downtrodden. I’m pissed off, I’m frustrated and I’m downright melancholy. So why is it, while I’m furiously stewing in my own misery, that I can’t help but [...] [...]

June 18th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)

Here We Go Again

Communication between spouses can be a difficult thing. Men and women are wired differently and communicate in polar opposite manners. It takes hard work and patience to keep at it and work out a resolution. But communication with a pregnant woman is an entirely different — and more frustrating — animal entirely. On Friday night [...] [...]

June 14th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 18 comments - (Comments are closed)

Catholic Church: Gay Parents No Good

Michael Pakaluk, a columnist for The Pilot newspaper representing the Archdiocese of Boston, is taking some well-deserved heat after penning this column recently. If you don’t feel like reading it (and if you’re easily nauseated I wouldn’t recommend it), allow me to sum it up for you: Gay people shouldn’t be parents because they’re immoral [...] [...]

June 11th, 2010 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)
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