by Kyle Tevlin | Nov 11, 2016 | Acceptance of death, Body donation, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
The world is changing (quite shockingly), and so is I Want a Fun Funeral. I want to make it even more fun. I want to make it even more palatable, even more comforting and comfortable, and I want it to be even more transformational. That was a lot of “I want”s in a...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 20, 2016 | Beach, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Uncategorized
“Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air.” Jack Benny It’s the third week of October and I’m sitting outside on a 75° day, something I hadn’t expected to do again until Spring. Lucky us,...
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 | Jul 14, 2016 | Death, Funerals, New Zealand, Personalized funeral, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Here’s a little inspiration for you from the New Zealand Listener. A rhapsody of praise for the self-created, celebratory funeral from one Kevin Ireland. He and his wife decided, in their 70s and after attending one too many morbid funerals, that they wanted...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 1, 2016 | Death, FCA, Funeral Consumers Alliance, funeral costs, Personalized funeral, Urban Death Project
This past weekend I was at the Funeral Consumers Alliance (FCA) conference down in Atlanta. And I do believe a good time was had by all! Three days of people from all walks of life, coming together to talk openly, practically, and best of all—enthusiastically about...
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...