by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 1, 2016 | Burial, Caitlin Doughty, Cremains, Cremation, Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Pre-planning funeral, Preplanning your funeral
Time for a video. It’s only 5 minutes and it’s funny. Kooky funny, but with an educational bonus. You always learn something with Caitlin. Caitlin Doughty is the founder of the Order of the Good Death. She also has a webseries on You Tube, Ask a Mortician....
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...