by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 29, 2016 | Acceptance of death, alternative containers, Caskets, funeral costs, Life celebration, New Zealand, Personalized caskets, Pre-planning funeral, Uncategorized
It’s that time again. Another vote for the power of making your own casket courtesy of The Guardian. “Scores of retirees across the country have formed clubs so they can get together and build their own coffins.” “I had a deep-seated feeling that people’s...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 23, 2016 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
A few words today about the “What do I care, I’ll be dead” train of thought that some people favor as a way to avoid funeral talk. Fair enough, your absence from the event cannot be argued. However, the loose connection in that rationale is that your...
by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 5, 2016 | Funny death, Life celebration
It’s late. Too late to write. Good thing it’s always a good time for a cartoon. This is a fave. http://www.thedoghousediaries.com
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 29, 2016 | Death, Funeral Consumers Alliance, funeral costs, Funerals, Life celebration, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
I understand that song “A Boy Named Sue.” Intimately. Though probably less violently because I’ve never had to crash a chair across someone’s teeth over it. Cheers to that! So when I met another middle-aged woman named Kyle — a first for me — it felt like...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 22, 2016 | Funeral music, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
Anyone else want a disco ball at their funeral? I met a woman last night who, upon hearing about my business, practically cut me off to tell me that she’s already told her husband she wants a disco ball at her funeral. Or more precisely, in her mausoleum....
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...
