“I was awakened at dawn to the sound of Marlboro Man knocking on the front door. A rancher through and through, he’d… — 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 Copy Share Image
“An hour later we were pulling into the hospital parking lot. Sparkly and shiny from my hair and makeup job, I had… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I opened the front door of my parents’ house the next evening. His starched blue denim shirt caught my eye only seconds… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Tim bid us good-bye after helping us carry in my three-hundred-pound suitcase, and Marlboro Man and I looked around our quiet house,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Soon it was time for us to leave; the clock had struck midnight, and we had miles to go before we slept.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we pulled up to Marlboro Man’s house, I saw my Camry sitting in his driveway. I didn’t expect it to be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Well, how come you didn’t just have Carl drop you off there?” I asked. Mike didn’t always take the most reasonable course.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“An hour later we were pulling into the hospital parking lot. Sparkly and shiny from my hair and makeup job, I had… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ You’re…you’re what? Where? ” I stood up and glimpsed myself in the mirror. I was a vision, having changed into satin… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we pulled up to Marlboro Man’s house, I saw my Camry sitting in his driveway. I didn’t expect it to be… — Ree Drummond 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 Copy Share Image
“When we pulled up to Marlboro Man’s house, I saw my Camry sitting in his driveway. I didn’t expect it to be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I’d known him just ten days, and it had just left his mouth in an unexpected whisper. It had been purely instinctive,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“What else haven’t you told me?” I thought for a minute. “Actually, yes…there is,” I replied, pausing to consider my words carefully, “I eat… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
Butter, cream, and bacon. That's such a great foundation right there. — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“More and more, I began helping around the homestead. I learned to operate my John Deere mower so I could keep the yard around… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I walked proudly out of the church, the new wife of Marlboro Man. When we exited the same doors through which my dad and… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When we arrived at the wedding at Marlboro Man’s grandparents’ house, I gasped. People were absolutely everywhere: scurrying and mingling and sipping champagne and… — Ree Drummond 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, a bunch… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“When I arrived, I immediately saw the mother of an ex-boyfriend, the kind of ex-boyfriend that would make you want to look as good… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“At times the differences concerned me. Could I ever be with a man who’d never, in his entire life, eaten sushi? Could I, a… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“You did not do my homework assignment for me,” he said, grabbing the collage again and looking it over. “I had insomnia,” I said.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I couldn’t bear the thought of a ham sandwich. Imagining milk trickling down my esophagus almost sent me over the edge. Even the saltines… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man picked me up the next evening, exactly one month before our wedding day. Our evening apart had made the heart grow fonder,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I’ll send the nurse in here in a minute, okay?” Waste of time , I thought. “Okay, but…do you think there’s anything we can… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
