And as my girls started to grow and I took them to all those well-baby exams and checkups -- it's a lot of them -- the nurses always took the time to answer all of my crazy, anxious questions, and to put my mind atease.
My indefatigable butler spent years working at European hotels but approached me with a friendly ease, chatting about the Seu Jorge music I was listening to while he fixed my flaky Wi-Fi.
Family secrets were revealed with ease, spilling my guts was a daily occurrence, and soon I found myself sitting at the bar, after work, continuing right where eight hours in the vault left off.