Elayne Louise Lansford

It is with a heavy heart that I am writing this message. I learned so very much from Dr. Lansford that I don't even know how to begin. Elayne Lansford Ph.D. helped me learn perseverance and courage. Elayne Lansford was a Beacon of Hope and a Harbor of Safety where myself and everyone else who came to her would be accepted. I always left her location with a handshake and a smile. One of my fondest memory of Dr. Lansford was going to her fish pond full of gold fish and feeding them....

She will shatter.
She will break.
She will disintegrate
pieces of dust, clay and cloud.
Some say she lives in the petals of flowers, that bees carry her fragrance in their hairs.
I say she is the wonder of a waterpool's reflection, dancing in a Texas midnight, moonlit sky.
I saw that people were her gardens on the earth, I felt her shower us with care.
We look to the grass that clasps the sky, the rising sun.
We feel those curling, morning vines, the tender...

40 years ago, Elayne saved my life & then helped me rebuild it. I will be forever grateful. May her memory be a blessing, JohnSpurgin