by Kyle Tevlin | May 27, 2016 | Personalized funeral, Pre-planning funeral, Uncategorized, Writing obituaries
Writing your own obituary ahead of time (hmmm, like there’s any other way?) is not for the faint of heart. Which I say only because it’s the one thing I haven’t yet been able to do, fearless-fun-funeral-planner that I otherwise am. But I think I have...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 20, 2016 | Funeral music, Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Preplanning your funeral
“To a chorus of Mr Blue Sky, my wife was the star of her own show” Welcome to my favorite story yet, from a young widowed husband in the UK. His wife, who just recently died of cancer in her 40s, had this on her wish list for her funeral: “A live performance of ELO’s...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 13, 2016 | Funny death
by Kyle Tevlin | May 6, 2016 | Cremains, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized, Urns
A story has been going around the internet this about a custom urn that was created as a replica of a White Castle hamburger. Even though I am resolutely for all forms of personalization, my initial reaction was that maybe this was kind of tacky. (And you can call me...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 29, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Funny death, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Back to suggestions for how to make your goodbye party your own. Since the goal here is to make your sendoff unique, it doesn’t follow that a blanket list of ideas is helpful—because what’s perfect for you wouldn’t even exist for another person. Or...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Like half the world today the news of Prince’s death came as a shock. At 57, it’s young, but not tragically young like Buddy Holly dying at 22. But surely it’s “premature;” we all hope to make it well into old age—at least 70s or 80s if not 90s. It’s...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Like half the world today the news of Prince’s death came as a shock. At 57, it’s young, but not tragically young like Buddy Holly dying at 22. But surely it’s “premature;” we all hope to make it well into old age—at least 70s or 80s if not 90s. It’s...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 15, 2016 | Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized caskets, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
People are always wanting more examples of fun funerals. Ideas, ideas, ideas… people want ideas. And that’s music to my ears, because it means people are thinking bigger and desiring better goodbyes. That’s my mission, so Yee Ha! However, I feel the need...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 7, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral
“Putting a little life into your last wishes.” That’s my tagline. And I like it! Dying…death…funerals… the more life has a part of it, the more meaningful it can be. I had a revelation this week, which I will have to write more about in the future, that death is...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 1, 2016 | Burial, Caitlin Doughty, Cremains, Cremation, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Time for a video. It’s only 5 minutes and it’s funny. Kooky funny, but with an educational bonus. You always learn something with Caitlin. Caitlin Doughty is the founder of the Order of the Good Death. She also has a webseries on You Tube, Ask a Mortician....
