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...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 11, 2018 | Pets
Touching and convincing STORY on why pets should have a place in your goodbye plans! Dog’s owner dies suddenly, dog doesn’t eat or sleep for ten days, exhibits all the canine-applicable signs of grief. Dog goes to the funeral home, peers into the casket,...
