I Want A Fun Funeral Blog
Dying with a little levity
With all the irreverence I can muster… a sampling of some common and not-so-common euphemisms for died. (I hereby grant permission to say I won one for the Reaper when my time comes.) Assumed Room Temperature Ate It Baste The Formaldehyde Turkey Be No...
Latest Funeral Buzz
“It's not for everyone” — a sentiment that applies to many aspects of I Want a Fun Funeral. In fact, I'm head disclaimer proclaimer. And this may be the shiniest example of that yet: Funeral Homes with Bars. Yep, you read that right, and whether you cringed or did a...
Warm quilts and memories
This is a neat idea. 89 year-old grandmother Margaret Hubl of Nebraska was a quilter. (We all know a quilter, don't we?) As one of her granddaughters said, “Never did I imagine how many there were...” Margaret's family decided to put all the quilts out for display, so...
It's a LIFE tribute, not a death tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq5nH2BoVOs&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
It’s a LIFE tribute, not a death tribute
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq5nH2BoVOs&feature=em-upload_owner#action=share
My best death conversation referral
Today I'm plugging one of my favorite voices in the funeral world these days. Caleb Wilde, a sixth generation funeral director in Chester (my very own) County, PA. He's young, funny, wise, sometimes irreverent and always relevant. Not that he needs more viewers—his...
Create-your-own-funeral school
Ever wonder what goes on behind the curious door of an I Want a Fun Funeral workshop? There is a bit of enchantment and every one has its own personality. I've shared a lot about what kind of information I share at my workshops: home funerals, shroud burials, buying...
Neither Thing One nor Thing Two
Planning your own goodbye party is not a thing. Talking about death is not a thing. Comfort with knowing that one day one of your breaths is going to be your last is not a thing. We are so not okay with dying it's not even funny. Here I am trying to have fun with it,...
Snippet of my own funeral plans
Chuckle for a New World
Sweetness. Pure, simple, and nothing artificial
A five-year old girls dies and the funeral tea party is all about fun, toys, and cupcakes. Nope, not make-believe and not disrespectful. On the contrary, it was the highest of tributes to a girl whose infectious joy and good-naturedness was irrepressible, even at her...
Outstanding obit — just try not to smile
Irishman Dies from Stubbornness, Whiskey This obit is a gem. It's not a long read, so please go treat yourself, but in case you just can’t, below are some highlights. Take them as role models for how you can gussy up your own or someone else’s. This partying Irishman...
Make Me An Ornament, a follow-up
Last post for 2016. Lasts… firsts… we have the illusion that we have some control over them, but isn't Life always telling us otherwise? We do what we do, and Life does what It does, and we make the best of the compromise. I spent Christmas with my mother and my...
Happy Holidaying in Florida
I Want a Fun Funeral is on Christmas break this week. I Want a Fun Funeral thought it would be able to eek out a blog post while down south with Florida family, but apparently it's a no-go. Way too much coffee-chatting, caroling, eggnog-ing, and all manner of...
Don’t be a no-show for your own party
Today I want to talk about taking ownership. As we own that ’tis the holidays and we have shopping, decorating, wrapping, and overeating to do… I'm talking about taking ownership of your own goodbye plans. ’Cause I've observed something in my four years of...
Not Your Average Ornament
It's the holidays—time to give to others and spread some joy, and I can do both in one fell swoop in recommending a book I recently discovered. I ambled up to the author's table at the NFDA (National Funeral Director's Association) Convention in Philadelphia in...