“I walked into my bedroom, eyeing the mound of boxes and suitcases that sat by the door, and plopped down on my… — Ree Drummond Big city Copy Share Image
“In the meantime, I tried my best to acclimate to my new life in the middle of nowhere. I had to get… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ What am I? Chopped liver? Is there some specific reason he never pulls me over close to him as we drive… — Ree Drummond Chopped liver Copy Share Image
“Good morning, Mike,” I mumbled, making a beeline for the coffeepot. “Oooooh!” he teased again. “Someone is getting married tonight! Woooooooo…” “Yep,”… — Ree Drummond Getting married Copy Share Image
“After dinner, as we had so many times during our months and months together, Marlboro Man and I adjourned to his porch.… — Ree Drummond Country life Copy Share Image
“It was so dark outside, I forgot where I was. I had no sense of geography or time or space, not even… — Ree Drummond Drunk Copy Share Image
“What is it?” I asked, pasting a magazine photo of a football--found in an old Seventeen magazine spread--on my beloved’s collage. “Well,… — Ree Drummond Getting married Copy Share Image
“I went straight upstairs to my bedroom after Marlboro Man and I said good night. I had to finish packing…and I had… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Our baby was two months old on that warm September evening when the skies turned a disturbing shade of pink. I knew… — Ree Drummond Black clouds Copy Share Image
“When there’s a fire in the country, everyone shows up. It’s an unwritten rule, a universal rural truth. Helping neighbors fight fire… — Ree Drummond Fire Copy Share Image
“Normally, burning is carried out from a Jeep or other open vehicle, the driver holding a torch out of the side, lighting… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“The next morning, after the storm had passed and Marlboro Man had left with his horse, I sat and fed our baby… — Ree Drummond Change Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man paused, his eyes piercing through to my marrow. We’d started out watching the sunset over the ranch, sitting on the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“You look beautiful,” my dad said as he walked over to me and offered his arm. His voice was quiet--even quieter than… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“My phone rang at midnight, just as I was clearing my bed of the scissors and magazines and glue. It was Marlboro… — Ree Drummond Forever love Copy Share Image
“Have you talked about how many children you’d like to have?” “Yes, sir,” Marlboro Man said. “And?” Father Johnson prodded. “I’d like… — Ree Drummond Children Copy Share Image
“Any chance you might be pregnant?” I knew that wasn’t it. “Well, it wouldn’t be impossible,” I humored him. “But I know… — Ree Drummond Waste of time Copy Share Image
“Hey…you okay?” Marlboro Man repeated. My heart fluttered in horror. I wanted to jump out of the bathroom window, scale down the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I kept driving for a while, then stopped on the side of the road. Shining my brights on the road in front… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry about our honeymoon,” Marlboro Man said when we woke up the next morning. It was 4:30, still dark outside, and… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I’d been reflecting on this--the drastic turn my life and my outlook on love had taken--more and more on the evenings Marlboro… — Ree Drummond City lights Copy Share Image
“I fell asleep at nine that night and didn’t move until nine the next morning, waking up still dressed and wrapped like… — Ree Drummond Long Night Copy Share Image
“When I woke up an hour later, something had changed. Maybe it was the sleep…maybe it was the tender moment with Marlboro… — Ree Drummond Aromatherapy Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man and I settled in together, soaking up the first days of married life on the ranch that was my new… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Come over early tomorrow morning,” Marlboro Man asked over the phone one night. “We’re gathering cattle, and I want you to meet… — Ree Drummond Home away from home Copy Share Image
“On the ride back to my house, I asked Marlboro Man all about his parents. Where they’d met, how long they’d been… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“My phone rang, startling me smooth out of my internal feminist diatribe. It was late. Marlboro Man had dropped me off half… — Ree Drummond Phone calls Copy Share Image
“We did the dishes and talked--about the cattle business, about my job back in L.A., about his local small town, about family.… — Ree Drummond Action movie Copy Share Image
“Hey…you okay?” Marlboro Man repeated. My heart fluttered in horror. I wanted to jump out of the bathroom window, scale down the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man’s call woke me up the next morning. It was almost eleven. “Hey,” he said. “What’s up?” I hopped out of… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“What does one wear to a ranch early in the morning? I wondered. I was stumped. I had enough good sense, thank… — Ree Drummond Black boots Copy Share Image
“Miraculously, thirty minutes later I found Marlboro Man’s brother’s house. As I pulled up, I saw Marlboro Man’s familiar white pickup parked… — Ree Drummond Brother Copy Share Image
“I closed my eyes, laid my head back on the pillow, and savored my first moments alone with my child. Seconds later,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“My milk had burst onto the scene with a vengeance, and eating became the baby’s new vocation. The next two weeks of… — Ree Drummond Computers Copy Share Image
“With the nausea gone, evenings with Marlboro Man slowly began resembling the way they’d been before. We watched movies on the couch… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Early the next morning, I was driving westward toward the ranch. Marlboro Man had called the night before--a rare evening we’d spent… — Ree Drummond Future wife Copy Share Image
“He walked me to the door--the same one to which I’d been escorted many times before by pimply high school boys and… — Ree Drummond High school Copy Share Image
“In the meantime, Marlboro Man was working his fingers to the bone. To prepare for our three-week honeymoon to Australia, he’d rearranged… — Ree Drummond Phone calls Copy Share Image
“Nothing in my life could have prepared me for the horror of watching Marlboro Man, my new love, and his brother, Tim,… — Ree Drummond Brother Copy Share Image
“The wedding rehearsal itself was uneventful until Father Johnson decided it was time to show Marlboro Man and me the proper way… — Ree Drummond Marriage Copy Share Image
