Two Black Ties

Lillian and her sister and mother are having trouble with money. Their father has died from the Bubonic Plague in Sydney Australia. They start up a cooking and mending business and one day her mother falls in love. Is getting excited over two black ties just silly? Is falling in love with a rich man hopeless? Is wanting to marry a man so soon after a husbands death shameful?
This is Lillian Marks' Diary during the plague.
This is not a true story. I wrote it in school last year and it made my teacher start crying. I actually don't think it's that sad but tell me what you think. I have changed it slightly from last year.