by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 1, 2017 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals, Unforuntate funeral experiences
I had a lively, in-person, fun-funeral-planning gathering this week in someone’s home, complete with wine, brownies, and a roaring, crackling fire going in the den. We narrowly averted a couple of accidental cremations, but that can happen when you’re...
by Kyle Tevlin | Nov 16, 2017 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals
Of course I’m preaching to the choir again, but I can’t help sharing signs of how much our funeral wishes are changing. It’s almost nonexistent that someone says they want a sad, somber send-off. (Which is what we grew up with — we all know this kind...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 27, 2017 | Life celebration, Planning your own funerals, Preplanning your funeral
A better way to do funerals is to plan your own ahead of time. Planning your own funeral isn’t for the faint of heart. But what if it turns out that it’s actually heart-warming, healing, and hopeful? That an activity we dread could be the best move we never considered...
by Kyle Tevlin | Oct 19, 2017 | Acceptance of death, Life celebration, Mourning
I swear, the simplest things can pack the most punch. Three words and a whole scenario is set. The exclamation point packs its own wallop, underscoring that this isn’t a suggestion, but an insistence. (No Mourners Allowed!) We are making huge progress. People...
by Kyle Tevlin | Sep 7, 2017 | Life celebration, Uncategorized
For anyone who needs reminding, Roberto Benigni is the Italian actor who accepted the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for Life is Beautiful in 1999, for which he also won Best Actor. He screeched with joy, jumped up and down, walked on top of the seat backs,...
