Follow Me!

About Me

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.

Dad Bloggers Group

My How Sick Days Have Changed

I’ve been sick for a week with my third sinus infection in four months. And because I’m an idiot, each time I’ve been sick I’ve tried to beat it myself. Using a mixture of positive thinking, DayQuil and NyQuil, I set out to conquer my stuffy, congested demons. Which, of course, fails miserably and just [...] [...]

March 29th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 6 comments - (Comments are closed)

Life Is Like a…Dishwasher??

If you’ve been coming here for any amount of time, you know I get my inspiration from all kinds of crazy places. My son, my wife, my family, work are all examples, but I’ve found epiphanies can come from even the most mundane places. It happened while I was stuck in traffic a few months [...] [...]

March 25th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Do Men Want a “Hall Pass?”

I saw the movie Hall Pass on Saturday night with a couple of my married guy friends. I like the Farrelly brothers because their movies are slapstick funny, occasionally smart as a whip and—let’s face it—I’m a guy who loves scatological humor. So a movie about frustrated 40-ish married guys getting a permission slip for [...] [...]

March 21st, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

Talking With My Son

The first words are a marvelous milestone, especially to first-time parents. Of which I am one. Sure it’s usually something of the “mama” or “dada” variety. And if we’re being honest, let’s cop to the fact that sometimes that first word isn’t really a word. It’s something the kid utters that MIGHT be a word. [...] [...]

March 16th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)

Vows Renewed

It may have been my brother who got married this weekend, but Nate and Melissa’s wedding had an unexpected benefit. Watching Nate before the wedding was really fun. I saw the excitement in his eyes and the eagerness to exchange those vows as soon as possible. When everyone else turns to look at the bride [...] [...]

March 14th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 5 comments - (Comments are closed)
Older Entries »