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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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I was looking at a friend’s Facebook page yesterday. She joked about losing her cell phone and feeling helpless because she doesn’t have a land line to fall back on. I don’t know why, but the fact that most people I know don’t have land lines anymore really made me think. Everyone had a land [...] [...]

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

What If?

Turns out I may have been prematurely optimistic in writing my last post about getting past the threat of a miscarriage and being able to enjoy this pregnancy. Less than 24 hours after I wrote about how happy I was, everything came crashing down all at once. First of all, Will got kicked out of [...] [...]

June 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 19 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)

Pregnant = Scary

It’s only been a  little more than two years since I’ve dealt with “Knocked Up MJ.” But even though only a couple of years have passed, I seem to have forgotten one very important fact: Pregnant women are crazy. Seriously fucking nuts. I swear to all things holy that the following conversation happened this morning [...] [...]

May 27th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)

My Son, The Devil

My son may or not be demon spawn. Look, I’m a die hard Boston sports fan. And even though that means I’m wicked fucking awesome, it also means that I overreact. A lot. To everything. When things are going well I gloat and talk like there will never be another bump in the road. Everything [...] [...]

May 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 22 comments - (Comments are closed)
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