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.

Patriotism & Memorial Day

I took a friend to the Red Sox game last week. In addition to being a Fenway Park virgin, he’s also a veteran who served in Iraq. Twice. So it was fitting that that particular nationally televised game turned out to be “Military Night” at Fenway. I’d like to say I had it all planned [...] [...]

May 30th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 4 comments

For Leah

Imagine you’re the parent of a 5-year-old girl. She is strong, determined and full of life, as every 5-year-old should be. And most importantly, she has always been happy and healthy. Then one day she starts complaining about headaches, dizziness and a little nausea. It’s slightly unusual, but nothing to get in a tizzy about. [...] [...]

April 27th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 16 comments - (Comments are closed)

Our Toy Story on Ice Experience

I’m not a fan of figure skating or most musicals. As big of a sports fan as I am, I don’t even like hockey since I can’t skate a lick. Basically if it has anything to do with ice I’m probably tuning out. But on Saturday, the Boston Bruins’ home ice was transformed into a [...] [...]

February 20th, 2011 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 8 comments - (Comments are closed)

Felissa

“Aaron, I don’t know what to do. Felissa’s dead.” That’s the news I got from my friend John — exactly 10 years ago to the day — late at night on a nearly deserted North Adams street corner. I had just started my senior  year at college, and having turned 21 the previous month I [...] [...]

September 20th, 2010 | Tags: , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 10 comments - (Comments are closed)

Fantasy Football For All

I received the following e-mail from a curious Daddy Files reader a few days ago: Dear Aaron, I saw you mentioned fantasy football in one of your posts and as a wife to a guy who is obsessed with it, I need to know WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL?? As far as I can tell [...] [...]

August 28th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Uncategorized | 13 comments - (Comments are closed)
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