by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 10, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Mourning, Uncategorized
I write with a bit of a heavy heart, on behalf of the losses of people I don’t even know. I drove by a local funeral home tonight that was so busy there had to a police presence on the road to keep traffic moving in and out. Two wakes there tonight—one for a 21...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 2, 2016 | Funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot about issue of knowing we should get our funeral plans done in advance, and even—halleluia!— actually wanting to, and still not getting around to it. And let’s face it, unless you have a terminal diagnosis or are pushing 90s,...
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...
