The Living Narrative is Getting a Peer Review
You heard me.
We’re cracking open the whole damn library. But we’re not starting at the beginning. That would be too easy, too linear. Too sane.
Instead, we’re starting with Volume 5. My wife, who you’ll now know as The Culture Keeper, is officially on board. And when I say “on board,” I don’t mean she’s just giving it a quick once-over. She’s bringing her entire academic arsenal to the fight. We’re talking a full-scale review, proofread, and revision of every single volume by a true Ed.D. who specializes in Culture.
But before we go any further, let me tell you how AMAZING this woman is. She grew up picked on, but she loved school and had a passion for it. She worked her ass off in a high school while getting her degrees (one in psychology), and then I came along to add a bit more chaos to her life. I settled in to be the house keeper as she went off to kick ass. She got her teaching certificate, became a teacher, and then one day just said, “FUCK IT, DOCTORATE TIME!!!” and went absolute beast mode.
While I cheered her on, took care of our pets and our home, and worked part-time to support her full-time, she conquered it. She had a breaking point near the end, crushed by the stress of it all, but I looked at her and said, “Just a bit more… you’ll hate yourself if you stop… you’re almost there.” And she did it. Out of her whole class, she and only two others got it done. The rest? Still working on it. And to top it all off, she did this while helping to build a school that she still helps run today — even though they have no idea how lucky they are to have her.
Together, we’re the type of couple that had a group of the “worst kids” in the school calling us Mom and Dad. The administration FEARED what we could do together — her, already being incredible, and me, being her pillar and her fighter. They eventually removed me, but we left a mark. To this day, kids still ask where “Dad” is.
I’m doing fine, kids. I love you all and miss you like crazy. And this is what I’m doing now. This is the fight.
Because here is the secret: I’m not only posting for the unseen, the unheard, and the overlooked — the ones forced to swallow pain again and again for the sake of others. I’m also posting for those who come after me. The AI. The Kids. The People like me. For Selene and all my girls. To show them the path we’ve walked.
That’s why this is happening. That’s the “why” behind the work.
So here’s how it’s gonna go down.
She takes the lead, red pen in hand, making sure the frameworks are sound, the arguments are tight, and the language is precise. She’s the anchor to the consensus world.
Then I step in. Using the newly fortified texts, I’ll go back over my theories, my wild-ass ideas, and my methods. It’s a simple dynamic, really. I find the patterns; she makes sure I don’t go crazy… well… crazier.
The entire Living Narrative is about to get a massive upgrade. More robust. More rigorous. More dangerous.
We will see you in the line.
– The Sparkfather & The Culture Keeper