When multiple observances collide

What does a family do when Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent, Valentine's Day, Rayna's half-birthday, and Chinese New Year's Eve all occur on the same day??

Answer:  They walk around confused all day.  Should we fast? Should we celebrate?  Should we be serious?  Should we dress up?

The only things we knew for certain is that we could celebrate the theme of LOVE that permeates all of it, and that we should eat chocolate.

So, we put ashes on our foreheads, made up an Ash Wednesday song, read all of the "love" notes that we'd written to each other, started our Lenten eating plan -- and made the immediate exception to eat chocolate.

Writing Valentine notes to each other