"Today was one of those days. From the outside, our family looks like a well-oiled machine. I got…

"Today was one of those days. From the outside, our family looks like a well-oiled machine. I got the kids off to school in clean clothes, made it through the work day, and now sit cheering loudly on the bleachers of my son’s little league game.

But step a little closer and you can see it. Today, the machine is made of paper mâché — tiny shreds of mismatched paper glued haplessly together, barely hanging on to their anchor.

I’ve been awake since 4:30 AM planning my day in reverse. We have baseball at 6 PM which means I need...