“Hey…,” I said as we climbed into bed one rainy night. “What if we just put the house on hold for 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,”… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“So anyway,” he continued. That’s when we heard the loud knocking on the pickup window. I jumped through the roof--it was after… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I loved driving with Marlboro Man. I saw things I’d never seen before, things I’d never even considered in my two and… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I want you both to show me how much you know about each other,” he began. “I want you both to make… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It was a Tuesday when I finally threw caution to the wind, when I decided, finally, to articulate the words I knew… — Ree Drummond 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
“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 Copy Share Image
“The blinking message light on the phone screamed at us when we walked into the bedroom of our suite. Marlboro Man audibly… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Well, first of all,” he began, “I really…I really like you.” He looked into my eyes in a seeming effort to transmit… — Ree Drummond 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
“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 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
“After dinner, as we had so many times during our months and months together, Marlboro Man and I adjourned to his porch.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Marlboro Man had to spend the rest of Thanksgiving weekend weaning the calves that had been born the previous spring, and since… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“He was standing there, smiling. His impish grin jumped out and grabbed me, as it always did. “Well, good morning!” he said,… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I’d never been with anyone like Marlboro Man. He was attentive--the polar opposite of aloof--and after my eighteenth-month-long college relationship with my… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“It’s a girl,” I heard Marlboro Man tell his mom. Nurses dabbed my bottom with gauze. “Ree did great,” he continued. “The… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Minutes later, we were back at the sliding glass door that led inside the house--me, leaning against the glass, Marlboro Man anchoring… — 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
“It wasn’t about me anymore. I had a child. A husband who needed me to be there for him in the midst… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Spring flew by and summer quickly arrived; my belly grew right alongside the daylilies, zinnias, and tomatoes Marlboro Man’s mom had helped… — 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
“Despite the rocky start, I wound up enjoying a beautiful day on the ranch with Marlboro Man and his parents. I didn’t… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Most of the guests left the rehearsal dinner at the country club; the remaining group--a varied collection of important figures in both… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“We took the long way back toward his house and drove past the northernmost point of the ranch just as the sun… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“But before my eyes, in a matter of a few short months, sushi had metamorphosed into steak, and nightclubs had changed into… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I worked and worked, and before I knew it, my collage was finished. Still damp from Elmer’s glue, the masterpiece included images… — 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
