by Kyle Tevlin | Dec 15, 2022 | Holidays, Life celebration, Loss, Mourning, Remembering Loved Ones
Rerunning this because I got re-inspired myself reading it, and wishing we were doing it again this year. No joke. 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...
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 | Dec 29, 2016 | Holidays, Life celebration, Loss, Mourning, Remembering Loved Ones
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...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 10, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Mourning, Uncategorized
I write with a bit of a heavy heart, on behalf of the losses of people I don’t even know. I drove by a local funeral home tonight that was so busy there had to a police presence on the road to keep traffic moving in and out. Two wakes there tonight—one for a 21...
by Kyle Tevlin | Jun 10, 2016 | Death, Funerals, Life celebration, Mourning, Uncategorized
I write with a bit of a heavy heart, on behalf of the losses of people I don’t even know. I drove by a local funeral home tonight that was so busy there had to a police presence on the road to keep traffic moving in and out. Two wakes there tonight—one for a 21...
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...
