I Want A Fun Funeral Blog
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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...
Feelings about funerals MATTER
Can never go wrong with ice cream
How about revisiting this one from a couple years back. It involves ice cream, which on a hot (but lovely) summer night, is always inspiring. Ice Cream Truck!!
What’s not to love about volunteering?
A couple weeks back I talked about the concept of designating items for people to donate in your honor, based on the inspiring story from the teacher who requested filled backpacks for her students at her funeral. To highlight the beauty of this, they placed one...
“The things I love the most”
Like hundreds of others around the world, I am compelled to share the story of little Garrett Matthias, who left some awesome last wishes before leaving this life, much too young, at age five. I listened to a TV interview with his parents, who through their tears...
Put some requests into your last wishes!
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 little workshop...
Legacy made easy
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 request. This is...
“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 Life The...
Funeral as Lifetime Achievement Award
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 one reason...
Wake badge…
Available at Rhett & Link's Mythical Merit Badges. Kinda neat. I can never resist sharing stuff like this.
I’m here. For you.
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 bottom line....
Store-bought expenses or homemade?
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 thing, somehow. You're...
Plan Your Own… a Poem
Animals saying goodbye
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, goes home,...