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.

Media

From the Cape Cod Times, May 19, 2008

If you’re a member of the press looking for a dad to feature in an upcoming story, I’m always happy to help.

I’m a former journalist myself and my stories have appeared in the Boston Herald, Cape Cod Times, MetroWest Daily News, Sun Chronicle, Milford Daily News and others. I have several first place awards from the New England Newspaper & Press Association and New England Associated Press News Executives Association.

My articles on parenting have been prominently featured in American Baby magazine, the Cape Cod Times and the Good Men Project, where I serve as a managing editor. My piece “Confronting Life” piece at the GMP is currently the most-read article in the website’s history, and my video confronting the abortion protesters accosting my wife went viral and is currently climbing towards 1 million views.

I’ve also been featured on BBC’s internationally acclaimed Newshour radio program, in the Ottawa Citizen and performed regular TV segments on New England Cable News.

If you’d like to schedule an interview or you’re on deadline and need someone quickly for your story, email me at aaron_gouveia (at) yahoo (dot) com and it will go directly to my phone. Include your name, your organization, a callback number and any pertinent information and I’ll get back to you within 30 minutes.