This is Day 71 of the Positive 100, a countdown to Rare Disease Day 2014 and an exercise in being positive despite it all.

Happiness is a macaron for breakfast. It is best friends who laugh when you are wearing a ridiculous blue wig. It is having a work BFF. And maybe even having your dream job.

Happiness is a family that loves and supports you. A purpose when you get out of bed. Happiness is the promise of tomorrow and the hope that things will get better.

Happiness is a New Year brought in with friends and family. It is family so close you consider them your friends. And friends who have become family.

Happiness is lunch with the girls. It is the perfect shade of lipstick that just happens to be in the bottom of your bag. It is all the hobbies that make your days interesting and varied. Happiness is being a nerd and celebrating it.