by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 16, 2022 | Legacy, Life celebration, planning your own funeral
Rerunning this from the summer of 2018. I was so influenced by the story in last week’s blog — the teacher who left behind a request for filled student backpacks to be donated in lieu of flowers, that I wonder if hosting a little workshop for people to do the same...
by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 9, 2020 | inspiring, Legacy, Life celebration, Planning your own funerals
There’s a promising new resource in the End-of-Life world! As featured in the article Boom Time for Death Planning in The New York Times on July 16, 2020, it’s called Near. Explaining the name, they say ”While others may move away from the conversation...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 12, 2020 | I Want a Fun Funeral, Legacy, Take It Up a Notch
Happy 2020! New Year’s seems like weeks ago already. How is that possible? It seems unanimous that time is flying faster than ever. With a new year, and a new decade to boot, comes new perspectives. What’s disguising itself as a perspective, for me, is more an...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 23, 2018 | inspiring, Legacy, Preplanning your funeral
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...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 8, 2018 | Legacy, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral, Workshop ideas
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...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 2, 2018 | Legacy, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
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...
