katsuno_hitomi | The Courage of the Japanese post-tsunami/earthquake/nuclear near-disaster

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This is just one of several stories about people rebuilding in the tsunami affected areas. I was especially touched by the fact that the wife wanted to rebuild because she wanted to remember her brother, who had built the house.

Other stories of the aftermath include a father and son rebuilding the repair business they had lost, a fisherman contemplating a daunting future, a teenage girl orphaned by the disaster saying to feel sorry not for her, but for little kids who lost their parents, and an increase in weddings after the disaster by those who had previously put it off.

These are probably just a few of the stories of the affected people rebuilding their lives. Many more will probably never be told, but are no less inspiring.

This is not a phenomenon restricted to Japan. People everywhere pick themselves up after a natural disaster and do their best to keep going. That's how humanity does things.

So why do I consider this epic win? Because anyone picking themselves up after great hardship is made of epic win in my book!