“But I was stuck--stuck in a delicious, glorious, beautiful, inescapable La Brea tar pit of romance with a rough, rugged, impossibly tender… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“That’s when my savior called. He called as he always did after we’d spent a day or evening together. He called to… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“And as we walked into the house, I smiled contentedly, realizing that the stress of the previous twenty-four hours had all but… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Suddenly, Mike turned to Marlboro Man and put his hand on his shoulder. “C-c-c-can you please take me to the mall?” Still… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“If I, the daughter of a physician, had been prepared for the medical side of pregnancy and childbirth, I was completely dumbfounded… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“If Marlboro Man was wrong, I didn’t want to be right. Where would all of this lead? At times I asked myself… — Ree Drummond 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 Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man was out of town, on a trip to the southern part of the state, looking at farm ground, the night… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“My courtship with Marlboro Man, filled with fizzy romance, hadn’t prepared me for any of this; not the mice I heard scratching… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“How much do you know about each other?” was Father Johnson’s final question of the day. Marlboro Man and I looked at… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“ Maybe he got me one of those two-necklace sets, the ones with the halved hearts , I thought, and he’ll wear… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“What are you doing?” “Coming to pick you up in a little bit,” he said. I loved it when he took charge.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Hang tight,” he said. “I’ll be right there.” Marlboro Man was right there, in less than five minutes. Once I determined the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I lay there, depleted and relieved that whatever used to be in my body was now out. Marlboro Man, on the other… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It had been almost exactly four months since we’d met; four months since we’d locked glances in that bar; four months since… — Ree Drummond 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 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 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 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
“Sometimes Marlboro Man and I would venture out into the world--go to the city, see a movie, eat a good meal, be… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“We continued our drive, not making any permanent decisions that day about where we’d live. We’d been engaged less than twenty-four hours,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“He called the next morning at seven. I was sound asleep, still dreaming about the kiss that had rocked my existence the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I breathed in a deep dose of night air, trying to calm my schoolgirl nervousness. “I, umm…” I began. “I decided to… — Ree Drummond 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
“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 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
“Our baby was two months old on that warm September evening when the skies turned a disturbing shade of pink. I knew… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“The sun was just dipping below the western horizon when we pulled up to our little house on the prairie. Despite the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I pulled up at home and saw Marlboro Man’s truck next to the house. When I walked in the door of our… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“One late afternoon, we crossed a creek and came upon a thicket of trees in the middle of a pasture quite a… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Still, I didn’t want to show up for the meeting empty-handed, so that night at my parents’ house I holed up in… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“The loud ring of my car phone disrupted my introspection. Startled, I picked up the phone, certain it would be J calling… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“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
“Marlboro Man picked me up the next evening, exactly one month before our wedding day. Our evening apart had made the heart… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I excused myself to the bathroom to freshen up and put on a champagne satin negligee in an effort to thwart the… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“That night we got dressed up--Marlboro Man in his snug Wranglers and handsome black button-down shirt, me in a flowy taupe dress… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man and Tim were standing in the hall, not seven steps from the bathroom door. “ There she is,” Tim remarked… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“He drove me home, through all the windy roads of his ranch and down the two-lane highway that eventually led to my… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“We went to a movie, Marlboro Man and me, longing for the quiet time in the dark. We couldn’t find it anywhere… — 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
