by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 30, 2018 | Inc., Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals
There’s nothing I can say to improve this. CHECK OUT this incredible program for a funeral. Note that “Although you may feel unsure coming into this setting, be sure that Karen designed this night herself… She wanted all her friends and family to remember the...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 23, 2018 | Personalized funeral, the book
Be in my I Want a Fun Funeral book! It only makes sense, in a bestseller titled I Want a Fun Funeral, that it would include an abundance of examples, correct? Correctamundo. Examples of specific requests or ideas you wonderful people have for your own creative...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 9, 2018 | Games, Humor
And now for something completely different. When Life’s been wearing on you and you just can’t take one more philosophical, existential thought about it… play a game. Which is in total keeping with the I Want a Fun Funeral approach to life and death. Find...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 2, 2018 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration
For the second day in a row today, I was way overdressed for my lunchtime jog. I couldn’t quite believe one layer would suffice, so I went the safe route, bundled up, and felt like a granny as lean bare legs whizzed by me in shorts, gosh darn it. I wanted to be...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 22, 2018 | Acceptance of death
“It’s been a whirlwind of activity getting ready for funeral on Friday. You’re never really prepared even when you know it’s coming.” I got this in an email from a friend the other day. It was an older family member… not tragic in any way, and not even...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 16, 2018 | green burials, Uncategorized
Whether you knew it or not, perhaps you have some questions about green burial. Count me as a fan; I always want to spread the word. Below, from the Green Burial Council, which is the environmental certification organization setting the standard for green burial in...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 9, 2018 | Cremains, Loss, Urns
Can’t resist sharing this since I live just outside Philadelphia, where the recent Super Bowl win is a bit of a big deal. I’m not pushing the wonderfulness of Philadelphia Eagles fans. I’m highlighting that our passing deserves great fanfare (no pun...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 2, 2018 | Life celebration
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 26, 2018 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals
People have a hard time wrapping their heads around a whole new way of doing funerals. They catch on quick to celebrating over being morbid, or telling happy stories instead of just crying. And as I describe my crusade for planning YOUR OWN in advance, people assume...