Yuko Sugimoto, the Japanese woman in an iconic tsunami photo from last year, at that point did not even know her son was alive in the submerged school across the street. Almost a year later, Yuko has quit her job to spend more time with her son and husband even though they are renting an apartment and still paying on a 31-year mortgage on their home lost to the tsunami.

Perhaps we should enjoy our family more while we can.

Read the full Woman in iconic tsunami photo looks to future at Reuters.