In the garage Lisa, 17, climbs along a ladder suspended from the ceiling joists as her mother Fern Brownsfield, 42, helps.Lisa times her breathing exercises with her mom Fern Brownsfield.Fern Brownsfield, 42, and her daughter Lisa, 17, sit on the porch. Lisa was born with a brain defect that makes her actions and peach awkward and difficult.Lisa has depended on her mother for all her life and even though she can tie her own shoes she sometimes gets Fern to do it. Fern does so out of habit and love.Lisa takes off on a lap around the backyard. She runs two miles a day.Fern and Lisa Brownsfield play the Uno card game in the kitchen.Fern Brownsfield, 42, and her daughter Lisa, 17, sit on the porch. Fern runs with Lisa and sometimes participates in other exercises as well as works eight hours a day at G.E.Fern Brownsfield, 42, helps her daughter Lisa, 17, with her breathing exercises.Fern Brownsfield, 42, times her daughter Lisa, 17, as she crawls around the living room floor to help her coordination. Lisa was born with a brain defect that makes her actions and peach awkward and difficult.