My parents have lost a lot of their mobility over the past few years. Just a decade ago they were both going to the gym three days a week and taking short walks around their neighborhood on a daily basis. As the frequency of their heavy exercise dwindled, so did their general mobility around their house. They at one point still had the two story house that my siblings and I grew up in, but it got to the point where they couldn’t handle going up and down stairs multiple times a day. That is when they sold their house and bought a small condominium with better disability access. There were no stairs to climb or hurdles to get around from their car to the front door. Since I live so close to their new condo, I try to stop by and help them out as often as I possibly can outside of my busy work schedule. Anything that involves heavy lifting or getting on a ladder is reserved for me whenever I am at their place. One of the chores that I try to do as often as possible is swapping out their air conditioner filter. They both have asthma and benefit from the cleanest possible indoor air that our limited resources can muster. If I change the filter enough, it drastically reduces the amount of dust flowing through my parents’ indoor air. It is small things like this that I can do for my parents each month that give me total peace of mind. The thought of one of them climbing on that ladder to reach their air handler is enough to make my head spin.