by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 3, 2017 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration
Planning your own goodbye party is not a thing. Talking about death is not a thing. Comfort with knowing that one day one of your breaths is going to be your last is not a thing. We are so not okay with dying it’s not even funny. Here I am trying to have fun...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 13, 2017 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Personalized funeral
A five-year old girls dies and the funeral tea party is all about fun, toys, and cupcakes. Nope, not make-believe and not disrespectful. On the contrary, it was the highest of tributes to a girl whose infectious joy and good-naturedness was irrepressible, even at her...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 6, 2017 | Life celebration, Writing obituaries
Irishman Dies from Stubbornness, Whiskey This obit is a gem. It’s not a long read, so please go treat yourself, but in case you just can’t, below are some highlights. Take them as role models for how you can gussy up your own or someone else’s. This partying...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 29, 2016 | Holidays, Life celebration, Loss, Mourning, Remembering Loved Ones
Last post for 2016. Lasts… firsts… we have the illusion that we have some control over them, but isn’t Life always telling us otherwise? We do what we do, and Life does what It does, and we make the best of the compromise. I spent Christmas with my mother and my...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 23, 2016 | Life celebration, Remembering Loved Ones
I Want a Fun Funeral is on Christmas break this week. I Want a Fun Funeral thought it would be able to eek out a blog post while down south with Florida family, but apparently it’s a no-go. Way too much coffee-chatting, caroling, eggnog-ing, and all manner of...
