"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take..."Charity Riley died at the age of seven, but her life impacted the hearts and lives of many who knew her. With every breath she took, she loved.
Charity's mother, Jade Riley, had an abortion when she was sixteen...Charity should have died...but the grace of God was upon her, and a miracle was born.
Because of the abortion, Charity was born with Cerebral Palsy, but God, seeing every one of us as beautiful, used Charity in an extraordinary way.
God had used Charity as her mother's saving grace, had used her to heal her grandparent's broken hearts, and had used her to give Faith and Truitt Riley, (Charity’s Aunt and Uncle), hope.
She went home to Jesus on July 7, 2007, her birthday. Seven, the number of completion. She did what the Lord had made her to do, to love those that were broken. Given a second chance, she had made every breath count.
"...but by every moment that takes our breath away."
Always,
Elley
