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 | Jun 2, 2016 | Funerals, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot about issue of knowing we should get our funeral plans done in advance, and even—halleluia!— actually wanting to, and still not getting around to it. And let’s face it, unless you have a terminal diagnosis or are pushing 90s,...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 20, 2016 | Funeral music, Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Preplanning your funeral
“To a chorus of Mr Blue Sky, my wife was the star of her own show” Welcome to my favorite story yet, from a young widowed husband in the UK. His wife, who just recently died of cancer in her 40s, had this on her wish list for her funeral: “A live performance of ELO’s...
by Kyle Tevlin | May 6, 2016 | Cremains, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Preplanning your funeral, Uncategorized, Urns
A story has been going around the internet this about a custom urn that was created as a replica of a White Castle hamburger. Even though I am resolutely for all forms of personalization, my initial reaction was that maybe this was kind of tacky. (And you can call me...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 29, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Funny death, Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Back to suggestions for how to make your goodbye party your own. Since the goal here is to make your sendoff unique, it doesn’t follow that a blanket list of ideas is helpful—because what’s perfect for you wouldn’t even exist for another person. Or...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 15, 2016 | Funerals, Life celebration, Personalized caskets, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
People are always wanting more examples of fun funerals. Ideas, ideas, ideas… people want ideas. And that’s music to my ears, because it means people are thinking bigger and desiring better goodbyes. That’s my mission, so Yee Ha! However, I feel the need...
