“Next, it was time for me to tell my family, who’d started wondering what was going on. I started with my mom.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“While I was deep in my fantasy, in yet another episode of perfect timing, Marlboro Man called from the road. “Hey,” he… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I didn’t answer right away; I was too busy savoring the moment. The delicious night air, the music of mama cows in… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“Tom carried with him a glass full of wine, which clearly hadn’t been his first of the evening. He swaggered and swayed… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“But then the cowboy standing in front of you smiles gently and says, “You sure?” Those two simple words opened up the… — 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
“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
“Then he took my arm, in a much softer grip than the one he’d used on our first date when he’d kept… — 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
