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.

Sealin’ the Deal at the Aquarium

But the absolute best thing they have are the Norther Fur Seals. The one in this video is Cordova. And she is one loud ass seal. I thought this was a human being yelling, so imagine my shock when I figured out it was Cordova making all the racket. [...]

July 2nd, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 2 comments

Dads Are Always There When You Need Them

It’s a little belated, but here’s my Father’s Day post which first ran at the Good Men Project. My 3-year-old son stands on our bed smiling nervously. Squeaking with excitement as he creeps closer and closer to the edge, he peers down at the ground and then at my outstretched arms. No doubt assessing the [...] [...]

June 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 3 comments

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)

Thanks Dad

Well it’s Father’s Day and I really had to think about what I wanted to post. After all, I’m a dad blogger. Father’s Day is a high holiday around these parts. So it had to be something good (for a change). Well it didn’t take much thinking to realize what I wanted to write about. [...] [...]

June 21st, 2009 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)
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