One Perfect Day Quotes

“As I approach the last stage of my life, I know one thing for certain. When my final moments on this earth come to pass, it won’t be what house I lived in, what car I drove, what job I had, or how much money I put in the bank that will be on my mind. None of that matters in the end. What matters is the lesson that God has taught all of us from the very beginning when He said, “Love one another as I have loved you.” Because that is all that really matters. The people. The relationships. The love.”
― Diane Burke, One Perfect Day: A Mother and Son's Story of Adoption and Reunion

“But I can’t and won’t judge her. People aren’t perfect. Imperfect people can do terrible, horrible things to each other and yet still be worth loving and forgiving.”
― Diane Burke, One Perfect Day: A Mother and Son's Story of Adoption and Reunion

“We make decisions in our lives, sometimes foolish ones, sometimes damaging ones, but we always make those decisions with good intentions. We don’t set out to hurt people. We don’t set out to cause ripples in a stream that become tsunamis of destruction. We take children to doctors for medical needs but frequently don’t take our children for psychological help—or we do and then are blamed later in life for that decision, too. Life is nothing but choices and every choice ripples out and touches and transforms, for better or worse, everyone else in our lives.”
― Diane Burke, One Perfect Day: A Mother and Son's Story of Adoption and Reunion