OMG we've taken a turn for the better. We've created a "journal" we call "Tales from the Courtyard". They are journaling of Aurelia (our mothers) gossip she learned, with side notes explaining why it matters for customs or culture. Our first entry is about Cassia whose husband just died and she wore green to the funeral. GREEN. Oh it's so hilarious the way he writes out her stories. "Olivia and I are calling her the chlorophyll widow." I'm dead. hahaha