Gertie's life was filled with long-standing friendships, devotion to her family, and with charitable works.
It's not all empty chairs, of course; there are also rooms filled with eager auditors whose devotion to a certain idea of reading is enough to restore any author's morale.
IT IS tempting to think that the lives of young ballet dancers are filled with nothing but sacrifice and devotion to honing their talents.
Nowhere in the inscription is there any indication that in his ardor for his deceased wife, Kelsey built a shrine to her on the second floor, a lavish jewel box of a room filled with valuables and articles of devotion.
And so it is: A magnificent performance of Beethoven's great mass, filled with joy, wonder, humility and, above all, devotion.
Apart from her devotion to her family, Sue's life was filled with friends and her love for music, art (especially modern art), the great outdoors and sport.
As for the sense of "enchantment" that Wood cites as a recurring theme in religious devotion, art serves the exact same purpose: "a world filled with gods, demons, and magic" is what art offers — while still letting us eat cheeseburgers.
This beautiful woman of unyielding courage, strength and devotion forever leaves a void in our hearts only to be filled with the rich memories of her laughter, joy, compassion and unconditional love.
Boxes are filled with replies and copies of a brief biography of their daughter and other documents describing her devotion to community service, including a year's duty with AmeriCorps from 1997 to 1998 in the southeastern United States.
"Out 1" is filled with the tangles of group dynamics and nostalgia for a time of concerted action undertaken by group members whose mutual loyalty and fierce commitment went beyond mere friendship to a sort of fanatical, cultlike devotion.
