I Want A Fun Funeral Blog
Composting, not just for veggies anymore
For those of us following the new-fangled world of funeral offerings these days, the latest wonderment — human composting — is set to be legalized in Washington State, pending the governor's signature. Simply put, it's the “natural organic reduction” of a deceased...
“Saying Goodbye” calls for rolling up your sleeves
Envision a new kind of funeral
Hand-decorated casket obsession
Let's face it, the hand-decorated casket is the funeral personalization I love the most. It captures every aspect of better, more meaningful goodbyes:• It brings people together in a bonding and healing way• It's an activity — the doing of something together makes the...
Flip Your Funeral Vision
Year end favorite message
Not Just for Widows
It's always a treat being a guest on a podcast. Who doesn't love spreading their own favorite message? My friend Donna Kendrick of Reiner Financial Group in Doylestown, PA is woman after my own heart. I already featured her in a post of mine (where she mentions one of...
Happy Thanksgiving 2018
Life Celebration
Let’s Raise the Bar
Funeral director love
This may be a first, and I realize now, also long overdue. I'm a huge fan of home funerals, how (in some states) you don't need a funeral director for any part of it. I've shared a number of ways that a family member can do some of the 'jobs' that a funeral director...
Be the change.
Engage. Participate. BE the transformation in our goodbyes. BE the engaged creator in whatever Goodbye you have the honor of being part of, because an honor it is.
I’m Here to Help
Fun Funeral planners! aka Ordinary People Who Don't Want Another Drab, Useless Funeral, This is about creativity. There is no One-Size Fits All in the department of personalized send-offs. How personalized would it be if it were following a template, or known...
I Want a Fun Funeral Manifesto
Celebrate Garrett and LONG LIVE his wise and funny legacy
I know I already wrote about this unconventional funeral, but since then I've found this video the family made. It is so darn inspiring! If the parents of sweet 5 year-old Garrett Matthias can choose celebration over sadness after his death… it is just more proof that...
Another vote for focusing on LIFE
This article by Erica Buist from The Guardian says so well what I Want a Fun Funeral is so much about. I'm not sure I ever articulated this point even to myself, but boy does it get to the heart of the matter: “We don’t want to trivialise the loss, but why not...