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.

Can’t Catch Up to Get Even

[WARNING: Whiny, complaint-laden post ahead. Proceed with caution and self-pity] As a parent there are some days where everything just seems to click effortlessly and life just falls into place without lifting a finger. An unexpected bill arises but it’s OK because you got that bonus at work just in time.  That bill you thought [...] [...]

May 20th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Uncategorized | 12 comments - (Comments are closed)

Silver Lining in Economic Mess?

Fathers 29 years old and under have ignored traditional gender roles and stereotypes about the 1950s Leave it to Beaver lifestyle more than any other generation, according to a 2008 study from the Families and Work Institute. Dads in this age group are spending 4.2 hours per workday with their kids, closing the gap on [...] [...]

April 8th, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 4 comments - (Comments are closed)