Lisa Brown - MND has curbed my bike riding but not my spirit and sense of adventure

Lisa Brown resides in Gisborne with her partner Andrew Champion. You might have seen them captured in a recent book by Ken Downie called "Kiwi Bikers" 85 New Zealanders and their motorbikes. In 2022 I worked as a service coordinator for under 65 NASC "needs assessment service coordination" in Gisborne. One of the last clients I had the pleasure of working with in that role was Lisa, I was captivated by her spirit for adventure, her humour and her zest for life, Lisa is a lady given the chance would be living life at a 100miles per hour, my job was to help set up her initial cares as she had recently been diagnosed with MND Motor Neurone Disease, yes she had received a membership to the "crappiest club". An assessment would usually take about an hour, I think we were still sharing stories over 2 hours later, she is a kindred spirit, and I knew that our meeting back in early 2022 was not going to be our last. While I have not been the most frequent of visitors over the last few years due to COVID and me training for new roles & being a little stretched, we have kept in touch. I am honoured that Lisa has the patience to let me pop into her life when I can. I am equally honoured that she has asked me to support her with developing this Give a Little Page. While MND has slowed down her physical interaction in life, it has certainly not slowed down her humour, and her fighting spirit to get the most out of this situation she finds herself in. Please support Lisa to keep moving FWD.