by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 23, 2018 | inspiring, Legacy, Preplanning your funeral
A couple weeks back I talked about the concept of designating items for people to donate in your honor, based on the inspiring story from the teacher who requested filled backpacks for her students at her funeral. To highlight the beauty of this, they placed one...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 15, 2018 | Humor, inspiring, Uncategorized, Writing obituaries
Like hundreds of others around the world, I am compelled to share the story of little Garrett Matthias, who left some awesome last wishes before leaving this life, much too young, at age five. I listened to a TV interview with his parents, who through their tears...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 8, 2018 | Legacy, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral, Workshop ideas
I’m going to use the blog today to brainstorm some ideas I’ve been having. I was so influenced by the story in last week’s blog — the teacher who left behind a request for filled backpacks to be donated in lieu of flowers, that I wonder if hosting a...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 2, 2018 | Legacy, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
A beautiful, real-life example of one of my favorite I Want a Fun Funeral ideas: This request by a teacher for people to donate backpacks filled with school supplies instead of flowers at her funeral. You don’t need to ‘know’ you’re dying to make this...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 25, 2018 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Uncategorized
“Come on in,” she said. “There’s lots of food. And a coffin that people are decorating.” If you find that enticing, liberating, intriguing, or best of off, life a breath of fresh air… you’ve come to the right place. Read: The Positive Death Movement Comes to...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 15, 2018 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals
A funeral could be compared to a person’s Lifetime Achievement Award. It should be that big, that celebratory, that filled with respect and gratitude for the difference a person has made. And if that person is YOU, don’t you want to say “Thank you!”? …Just...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 8, 2018 | Funny death, Humor
Available at Rhett & Link’s Mythical Merit Badges. Kinda neat. I can never resist sharing stuff like this.
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 1, 2018 | I Want a Fun Funeral, Planning your own funerals, Uncategorized
I’m here to help. Help you. To be of service in this awkward and Let’s-not-worry-about-that-now area of life. Lest I just blog and post inspiring stories and Rah Rah, Make Your Goodbye the Best It Can Be!, every so often it helps to sing out about the...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 25, 2018 | funeral costs
I’ve long had a theory that the less $$ you spend on a goodbye, the better it might be. It’s so easy to just buy stuff as a way to either mollify your grief, assuage any guilt you might have, or just as a way to feel like you’re doing the right...
