Reflections

Join Gus Greenslade on a raw and honest journey through fatherhood, childhood cancer, and grief. The Silent Hum Project is a space for stories of resilience, love, and finding strength in vulnerability. A must-read for anyone navigating loss in New Zealand.

Grief is a quiet companion that arrives uninvited. It settles in the corners of our lives, sometimes loud and raw, other times soft and lingering. When illness, loss, or the challenges of neurodiversity touch a family, the path forward can feel overwhelming. I have walked this path and learned that no one should walk it alone. In Aotearoa, there is a growing network of support designed to hold families gently through these times. This post explores the landscape of local grie

Embracing identity and self-discovery is not a luxury topic at Silent Hum; it is core survival work for parents, siblings, and wider whānau living with childhood illness and loss in Aotearoa.