by Kyle Tevlin | Aug 19, 2018 | Life celebration
I know I already wrote about this unconventional funeral, but since then I’ve found this video the family made. It is so darn inspiring! If the parents of sweet 5 year-old Garrett Matthias can choose celebration over sadness after his death… it is just more...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jul 23, 2018 | inspiring, Legacy, Preplanning your funeral
A couple weeks back I talked about the concept of designating items for people to donate in your honor, based on the inspiring story from the teacher who requested filled backpacks for her students at her funeral. To highlight the beauty of this, they placed one...
by Kyle Tevlin | Mar 2, 2018 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration
For the second day in a row today, I was way overdressed for my lunchtime jog. I couldn’t quite believe one layer would suffice, so I went the safe route, bundled up, and felt like a granny as lean bare legs whizzed by me in shorts, gosh darn it. I wanted to be...
by Kyle Tevlin | Apr 14, 2017 | Life celebration, Personalized funeral, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
Nobody… okay, maybe .5 person per 1000 people, wants to plan their own funeral. But suppose it were a more popular project. Chances are one of the first questions would be “Where do I even begin?” And right now we’re just talking about the service. I already...
