Books written from the porch. From the middle of life. From the place where faith is real but not always tidy — for parents, caregivers, and believers who are still trying and still walking.

Shaun Hern
Still Showing Up — for the ones who need us most.
— Shaun Hern, GrandpaDad

Written from the Porch. Not the Mountaintop.

Shaun Hern is a 61-year-old single dad to two neurodivergent kids, a faith-based memoirist, and the voice behind the GrandpaDad brand. He writes from the place most people are actually living — where faith is real but not always tidy.

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"This isn't written from the mountaintop. It's written from the porch — from the middle of life, where faith is real but not always tidy."

— Shaun Hern

Books That Meet You Where You Are

GrandpaDad Adventures
Humorous Memoir

GrandpaDad Adventures

A hilarious, heartfelt, and holy mess of parenting tales from Publix meltdowns, blue paint disasters, and bedtime prayers. Love, laughter, and a little Scripture — from the front lines of raising neurodivergent kids later in life.

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Guide My Decisions
Faith Memoir

Guide My Decisions. Steady My Emotions.

Finding Peace and Wisdom in the Chaos of Parenting. A prayer became a theology: Guide my decisions. Steady my emotions. Faith lived out in kitchens, courtrooms, and carpool lines — for anyone loving kids on knees they didn't expect to be bending this soon.

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"God doesn't need us impressive. He needs us available. And most days, showing up tired still counts."
— Shaun Hern

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Real Words from Real People

Three words from a reader who needed the book matter more than a hundred words from Shaun about the book.

This book made me feel seen in a way I didn't expect. Shaun writes like he knows exactly what your Tuesday at 2am looks like — because he's been there. Required reading for any parent who has ever felt overwhelmed and still faithful.

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Every parent who has ever felt overwhelmed and under-qualified needs to read this. Honest, funny, and genuinely hopeful. Shaun doesn't pretend faith makes it easy — he shows how faith makes it possible.

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I laughed out loud, then cried two pages later. That's a rare gift in a book. Shaun writes about parenting the way it actually is — not the way we wish it was. I've already bought copies for three people.

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