by Kyle Tevlin | Nov 2, 2017 | Burial, Cemeteries
Check this out, all you people who agree that death should include some life. This is a cemetery on an island in Venice, Isola di San Michele. Look at how beautiful it is! I’m not even a cemetery person, but this is just glorious. Read an interesting review of a...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 27, 2017 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
A better way to do funerals is to plan your own ahead of time. Planning your own funeral isn’t for the faint of heart. But what if it turns out that it’s actually heart-warming, healing, and hopeful? That an activity we dread could be the best move we never considered...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 19, 2017 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Mourning
I swear, the simplest things can pack the most punch. Three words and a whole scenario is set. The exclamation point packs its own wallop, underscoring that this isn’t a suggestion, but an insistence. (No Mourners Allowed!) We are making huge progress. People...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Scratch-offs instead of flowers? Sounds a little crass — or materialistic — right off the bat. Except that it’s what Julia Cranny was known for and loved! “She loved the lottery tickets on birthdays or Sundays and that is what she wanted,”...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 7, 2017 | Life celebration, Uncategorized
For anyone who needs reminding, Roberto Benigni is the Italian actor who accepted the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Life is Beautiful in 1999, for which he also won Best Actor. He screeched with joy, jumped up and down, walked on top of the seat backs,...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 1, 2017 | Caleb Wilde, funeral costs, Funeral Homes
For your reading pleasure… another post from one of the very best in the death care world, Caleb Wilde. He’s on a mission to make us all more comfortable with death and the funeral industry. He has a new book coming out, Confessions of a Funeral Director. I...
by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 24, 2017 | Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Webinar
We’re on a roll. They’re a hit! “Kyle is a breath of fresh air and brings fun and enlightenment to the process of planning your exit.” Janis H. Chester County, PA “The knowledge, peace of mind and inspiration that I gained from this webinar was...
by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 17, 2017 | Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Urban Death Project
I bow to Briar Bates, this extraordinary lover of life who just upped the ante for having a say in the matter of your own goodbye party. “We did it because Briar told us to”I preach this! People will do things at death that aren’t possible at any other time....
by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 10, 2017 | Funny death
Goofy, but we’re not opposed to that. An apparent commercial for Bic pens—whether it was official or in any way sanctioned I have no idea. Probably something a kid made at home on his own. But I did chuckle! Someday I’m going to do fun videos. Until then,...
