Okay, so this may seem small to some but have you ever ridden with a post-deployed combat veteran? Oh, my it still scares me and my husband’s last deployment was six years ago. He doesn’t notice it, but I sure do. I understand that when deployed they have to scan the road for IED (Improvised Explosive Devices) and such. For myself, I guess I have a hard time understanding how after six years they are still scanning those roads here in the states for such things. While normally he is an excellent driver when its just here in our tiny town, you don’t dare let him drive outside of here. The traffic makes things worse than they need to be. Sometimes I swear if our vehicle did not have disabled veteran tags on it the cops would probably pull us over thinking one of us had been drinking and then got behind the wheel. Of course, he likes to say it’s just the alignment in the car when I say something about it. Most of the time, I just try not to let it get to me, and then there are times when I think he is doing it on purpose.  He knows it scares me so I try just to laugh it off. Not always easy to do that is for sure. But I guess that is just one of the small issues I have to deal with and if that is all it is then I will take it. I’d rather be sometimes scared on the road with him than make him feel like he has lost his independence. Sometimes ensuring he still has the sense of freedom is worth more than my comfort level.