Be one of many. Be sure that they never have reason to remember your face.

It was harder for the ones who were waiting, Annemarie knew. Less danger, perhaps, but more fear.

...Father dislikes weaponry of any sort. ""Yes, he's even suspicious of Mother's knitting scissors," Barnaby B pointed out. "He feels all warfare should be conducted with taunts and gibes and vicious rumors.

I often compare myself as a kid to my own grandchildren, who are around 11 and 14 now. That's the age kids usually read my book. And I remember myself; we'd gone through a world war. My father was an army officer so I was aware of what was going on. But I wasn't bombarded with images of catastrophe like many kids are today.