What Readers Are Saying About Dreaming Kevin

My name is Deana Godek, my son Jackson passed away on April 11th, 1999. I have read countless books on the bereavement process; some written by bereaved parents others by medical professionals. Carla graciously sent me a copy of Dreaming Kevin in February 2003. I called Carla on the phone and thanked her for her generosity and she warned me to take my time with the book. I did not realize what she could have meant because I had read numerous books already. How different could this book be? On a Thursday evening, I decided to take the book to bed with me. I was into the first chapter and I found myself weeping uncontrollably. My husband John walked in and said, "Maybe you should not be reading this." He could not have been more wrong! I have been bereaved for four years and for the first time I was forced to deal with emotions I had buried inside. So many times as I was reading I would say to myself, "Wow, Carla truly understands how I feel". Well, of course she would...she is another bereaved mother. Carla bears her heart and soul in this book so that we as bereaved parents can sense in some way what she went through. I found myself going through many different emotions. At times, I was crying and at other times I was cheering her on to persevere. Her visionary skills as a writer are like nothing I have experienced. I could 'see' in MY minds eye everything she was describing, that is such a gift for an author to possess. I highly recommend this book to every bereaved parent out there. Dreaming Kevin will warm your heart, feed your soul and offer hope in the midst of grief.

"Dreaming Kevin was an amazing experience! I couldn't put it down, and experienced vicariously the raw pain, grief, confusion, madness, sorrow, and ultimate healing and acceptance of the sudden death of a beloved child.

I'm going to order another copy now because my first one went to another grieving and confused mother. I thank God and Carla for putting something in my hands that could help someone else believe they are not "the only one'" and that healing will come."

"Reading Dreaming Kevin provided additional validation to me and my husband, and to our dream experiences with our son. Carla Blowey should be admired for the strength and courage to document her experiences in this disbelieving society. I recommend that all grieving parents open their hearts and their minds to her story."

L Barnett
Jacksonville, Florida

"Dreaming Kevin is a treasure to anyone that is dealing with the death of a loved one. Carla leads us on her journey from the e pits of the darkest grief in losing her son, Kevin, through the many challenges she faced in reaching forgiveness and healing. Through it she shares her gifts that were brought to her through her dreams. The dreams in themselves are powerful but they take on even more power because she shares them with all of us. It is very powerful and healing. When I started it I could not put it down.

Connie Thiesen, Registered Director-Rainbows Grief Support www.rainbows.org Grand Junction, CO

"After reading Dreaming Kevin, Carla reminds us that our answers are always there for us to see, even the ones we don't want. She has shared herself in her grief to remind others that this journey while an individual experience does not have to be taken alone. Pain shared and expressed can lead to healing."

Patti Kubin, R.N.B.S.N., Ministry of Consolation Co-coordinator, St. Mary Catholic Church Montrose, CO

"I have got to say this is one of the most wonderful books that I have ever read. It made me feel like I needed get out all of my little boys things to see if there are signs. My daughter also had a dream a month prior to the loss of our little one. It was a very and difficult dream in which she knew her brother would die. She woke up screaming. I wish I would have paid more attention, but then how do you stop something that is beyond your control? I am going to buy two books for our satellite chapters. I think that everyone should have the opportunity to read this book. After I completed it, I gave the book to my closest friend to read before we put it in our library. It is a wonderful, wonderful book! Thanks so much!.

"I read the book immediately and I loved it! I will be adding it to the GriefAid Library...thank you for sharing Kevin with the world and thank you for the opportunity to share your book with our visitors."

Brenda Schmidt, Founder - GriefAid http://www.griefaid.com ; Author of "Blessed Are They That Mourn; Comfort in the Arms of the Angels" - Broken Heart Press http://www.brokenheartpress.com

This is the most honest description of the pain of a mother who has lost her son. I admired the author's courage to report on all the bumps and setbacks on her path back to God. Why was this journey so hard? I believe that every honest book says more than the words tell. In Dreaming Kevin, the involuntary message points to the gap between words about God and our readiness to accept His will. The book made me recognize that I carry the same gap and that our entire civilization suffers from this gap as well. With every passing year, our Christmas trees become shiner, words about God louder, but I am not so sure that our acceptance of God's will is growing as well! Kevin died to force his mother, the author Carla Blowey, to examine the obstacles in her soul that fenced her from God. She did, and she found them through her dream work. Before I left the former Soviet Union 15 years ago, there was a rumor that in Moscow the demonstrations of mad mothers who had lost their sons in Afghan war were roaming through the city, surfacing here and there and making people uncomfortable. people felt guilt but could do nothing about it. Or so they believed. Kevin who died at age 5 came to teach us a lesson that all we really could do was open up to God. Not in words but in our frozen, Spartan, desolated hearts that threaten to become pieces of marble if we don't change!