by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 13, 2017 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Personalized funeral
A five-year old girls dies and the funeral tea party is all about fun, toys, and cupcakes. Nope, not make-believe and not disrespectful. On the contrary, it was the highest of tributes to a girl whose infectious joy and good-naturedness was irrepressible, even at her...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 6, 2017 | Life celebration, Writing obituaries
Irishman Dies from Stubbornness, Whiskey This obit is a gem. It’s not a long read, so please go treat yourself, but in case you just can’t, below are some highlights. Take them as role models for how you can gussy up your own or someone else’s. This partying...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 29, 2016 | Holidays, Life celebration, Loss, Mourning, Remembering Loved Ones
Last post for 2016. Lasts… firsts… we have the illusion that we have some control over them, but isn’t Life always telling us otherwise? We do what we do, and Life does what It does, and we make the best of the compromise. I spent Christmas with my mother and my...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 23, 2016 | Life celebration, Remembering Loved Ones
I Want a Fun Funeral is on Christmas break this week. I Want a Fun Funeral thought it would be able to eek out a blog post while down south with Florida family, but apparently it’s a no-go. Way too much coffee-chatting, caroling, eggnog-ing, and all manner of...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 16, 2016 | Acceptance of death, Death, Life celebration, Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Today I want to talk about taking ownership. As we own that ’tis the holidays and we have shopping, decorating, wrapping, and overeating to do… I’m talking about taking ownership of your own goodbye plans. ’Cause I’ve observed something in my four years of...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 9, 2016 | Life celebration, Loss, Remembering Loved Ones
It’s the holidays—time to give to others and spread some joy, and I can do both in one fell swoop in recommending a book I recently discovered. I ambled up to the author’s table at the NFDA (National Funeral Director’s Association) Convention in...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 2, 2016 | Personalized funeral
In the Strange But True category, and more Hmm, that’s different… than Fun per se, here’s an option for being more involved and engaged in the funeral process than you might have every pondered: The Assisted Family Dress Experience! This is when you go in the...
by Kyle Tevlin | Nov 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
What qualities do Thanksgiving and I Want a Fun Funeral share? • It’s about ABUNDANT celebrating — not having a snack, but a feast! And not just a meal, but an entire day! • Appreciating that life is finite. Some of our favorite people aren’t at the table...
