Hope emerges for the Swearingens. The shouldering, captaining, grieving and hard learning over the past nine years brings them to a beautiful new reality. This is not an arrival, there is no neat bow to put on this story or this journey. But this family has proven to themselves that they can hold all that trauma delivers – the light and the dark of it. They share their greatest insights in their transformation, which is a gift to us all.

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Deep gratitude to the Swearingen family: Brad, Amanda, Alyson, Makenna and Gavin for their openness and courage in sharing their story and themselves with all of us.

A special thank you to family friends Jenni and Jim Taller, Jessica Leland, and Katie Abernathy; colleagues and friends: Anne Eaton, Janice Casale and Denny Warner; to Gloria Hood, licensed marriage and family therapist; countless unmentioned first responders, medical teams,

therapists, family members, friends surrounding this story and this family.

Thank you to:

Becky Fisher - Director and Producer

Maggie Phelps - Production and Creative Direction

Kent Vernon - Sound Engineering

Molly Miller - Production Support

Ashley Bella - Graphic Design

Seth LaGrange - Illustration

Stephanie Judge Cripe - Creative Consulting

And a special note to spotlight Ally Swearingen, whose piano playing you heard at selected points in the podcast series.

The weight of the trauma remains for the Swearingens, and it begins to reshape who they are as whole humans and as a family. Gavin’s story is miraculous, as is the story of this family. The integration process of the “before and after” of trauma gives each family member new perspectives and new ways of being in the world. They each show us the power of gratitude, emotional intelligence, resilience, support, and hope.

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As the trauma reaches deeper into their lives in unforeseen ways, each Swearingen family member finds their own path to getting help and begin to explore life after the accident. Brad’s colleagues grapple with how to hold him in his grief and bring their humanness to their work relationships, and Amanda’s network tries to help her find a new way to “captain.” We get to feel alongside the family in the messiness that occurs between the “before” and “after” of transformation. 

This podcast is Produced by Bloombase.

Learn more about Threads Unseen thisisbloombase.com/threadsunseen

Download the Listening Guide for self-guided reflection while you listen https://thisisbloombase.com/threadsunseen-guide

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