Five Minutes' Peace

"Where are you going with that tray Mom?"
"To the bathroom"
"why?"
"Because I want five minutes peace from all of YOU, that's why."

Mrs. Large ran a deep, hot bath. She emptied half a bottle of bubble bath into the water, plunked on her shower cap and got in. She poured herself a cup of tea and lay back with her eyes closed. It was heaven.
Five Minutes' Peace~Jill Murphy, 1986

You may or may not be familiar with this charming little book. Children or no children, you must be familiar with the feeling of needing, wanting, craving, five minutes' peace, from the world.