OPERATION BABYLIFT COLLECTION

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"The Invisible Thread" by Noel Nguyen
full text poem

Noels poem inspired the name of the April event. two years after meeting Noel in Boulder, Co we have crossed paths and when she posted her poem on FB, it all came together. This is what it is. The invisible threads that connect all of us. Thank you, Noel for your beautiful words.

Invisible Threads:

connections made through operation babylift

April 4-25, 2026
East Window Gallery, Boulder Colorado

The Operation Babylift Collection began as a simple idea—a way to express gratitude to those who cared for us during our adoption journeys. In just two years, It has grown into something far greater: a community of connection, healing, and shared history.

Over the course of the past few years I have had the opportunity to meet some exceptional human beings. Connecting these beautiful stories and experiences invites a collective power of resilience, courage, vulnerability and humanity in its purest form: connection. It is these invisible threads that strengthen us all, individually and collectively.

Sharing your story connects all of us.

Invisible Threads gathers those connected by Operation Babylift in a unique moment, the culmination of the 50th year commemorating the fall of Saigon, the C-5A crash and for many of us a new life.