by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 17, 2016 | Acceptance of death, Death, Uncategorized
A horrible, soul-crushing week of violence and loss: three awful and shocking tragedies in Orlando, and then just this afternoon the killing of the UK lawmaker. So much death and sadness. Horror. Pain. No way to really take it all in. Virtually all of these senseless...
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...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 22, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Preplanning your funeral
My friend Terry had 35 people at her monthly Death Cafe tonight here in Doylestown, PA. 35 people who want to talk about death. At the public library, in a small(ish) town, of their own accord. I would take this as a pretty good indicator of how much people are not...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jan 22, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Preplanning your funeral
My friend Terry had 35 people at her monthly Death Cafe tonight here in Doylestown, PA. 35 people who want to talk about death. At the public library, in a small(ish) town, of their own accord. I would take this as a pretty good indicator of how much people are not...
by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 11, 2015 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Mourning, Writing obituaries
Rock star obituary here from Holland, MI. (No, not the death of a rock star. But yes, the obituary of an apparently quite witty, entertaining, down-to-earth, well-loved young guy). Read the whole thing here (it’s a goodie). It begins “Michael “Mike”...