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...
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...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 18, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Mourning, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
There’s no denying that when someone dies, there is sadness and grief— and possibly mountains of it, depending on the circumstances. No amount of “fun funeraling” can bypass that, though of course I take the position that even in the worst cases — and in fact...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 4, 2016 | Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral
So I’m on a crusade to share examples of how to make a goodbye party the most meaningful and memorable it can be. Because as I’ve said, why else bother? If our goodbye ceremony doesn’t impact us (ahem, in a wonderful and profound way), then we missed...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 19, 2016 | Funerals, Life celebration, Prayer cards, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
So last week I talked about ways to personalize your goodbye party so that you’ll be RECOGNIZED, for God’s sake. By which I don’t mean that people know that’s you in the casket, or that you set yourself up for rewards and accolades. I mean that...
by Kyle Tevlin | Feb 12, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
I just read an article on The Guardian about a “perfectly lovely and life-affirming a funeral” of someone who died suddenly and unexpectedly at only 49. I read a lot of stories about dying, death, and funerals, but this author, Kathryn Flett totally made a light bulb...
