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....
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....
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 25, 2016 | Funeral music, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
We’ve been talking (well, I’ve been talking; let’s be honest) about how to make sure your goodbye party has your spirit in it, i.e. it’s not generic or cookie-cutter. I always struggle a bit with specific examples because the whole point...