Christmas Chronicles of Forbidden Love

Janine stumbled across an old journal and numerous photo, belonging to her grandmother. She finds it fascinating and uploads it to her computer and eventually learns things about her past she never realized. Serena, Janine's partner accidently finds the journal while using her partner's laptop and quizzes Janine about the contents. The pictures, Janine identifies quickly for her partner, but as for the journal she has yet to read it.
Much to her puzzled partners consternation. Afraid of what she will find, Janine has put off reading the journal, and it takes Serena's coaxing to convince her it's her duty to learn as much about her grandmother Sarah as she can, mainly because she raised her in her mother's absence. Serena has always been comfortable with her lifestyle. Janine, though identifying as gay, still has nagging fears and doubts about her lifestyle choices.
These stem from her mother's hatred of her sister's, Janine's Aunt Teresa, lesbianism from the early thirties. Her mother's harsh attitude has scarred Janine and consequently has always refused to confront her demons, regarding her long dead mother's opinions.