“ Come on, Ree, get a grip , I told myself. Something was going on…this was more than simply a reaction to… — Ree Drummond Marriage 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 Food 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 Children Copy Share Image
“He removed his hand from his worn, pleasantly snug jeans…and it held something small. Holy Lord , I said to myself. What… — Ree Drummond Beauty shop 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 Marriage Copy Share Image
“I missed the anonymity-the ability to run to the market without running into my third-grade teacher. I missed the nightlife-the knowledge that… — 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
“The week of a girl’s wedding was supposed to be a happy time. I should have been leaping gleefully around my parents’… — Ree Drummond Marriage 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 Black boots Copy Share Image
“Tim and Marlboro Man looked toward the fire. “C’mon, Charlie,” Tim said. “Why don’t you drive us around to the north side… — 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 Independent woman 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
“He called the next morning at seven. I was sound asleep, still dreaming about the kiss that had rocked my existence the… — Ree Drummond Closing my eyes Copy Share Image
“I hoped there weren’t any vomit chunks in my wavy auburn locks. That would be sure to ruin Marlboro Man’s dinner. “You… — Ree Drummond Morning sickness Copy Share Image
“Hey,” I began, looking into his eyes. “I’m sorry I’ve been so…so pathetic since, like, the day we got married.” He smiled… — Ree Drummond Dr pepper Copy Share Image
“Your belly’s getting big ,” he said one night. “I know,” I answered, looking down. It was kind of hard to deny.… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“So…,” I began. Was it just a high school thing? Or worse, I imagined, is it just that I’m not and never… — Ree Drummond Country boy 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
“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
“I’ll send the nurse in here in a minute, okay?” Waste of time , I thought. “Okay, but…do you think there’s anything… — Ree Drummond Medicine 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 Busy life Copy Share Image
“When I exited the bathroom this time, Marlboro Man was standing right outside the door--just as he’d been at his grandmother’s house… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
“I told my best friend in the world, my sister. “Okay, so I’m not going now,” I told Betsy over the phone.… — Ree Drummond Best friend 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
“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 Early morning 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 Evil eye 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 Parenting Copy Share Image
“In an internal panic, I picked up the phone and hurriedly pushed redial. I had to catch Rhonda the Realtor, had to… — 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 Cowboy hat 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
“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
“He was standing there, smiling. His impish grin jumped out and grabbed me, as it always did. “Well, good morning!” he said,… — Ree Drummond Black hole Copy Share Image
“When I exited the car, Marlboro Man was there. Shielded by the dark of the morning, we were free to greet each… — Ree Drummond Morning 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 Little house on the prairie 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 Doughnuts 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 Action movie Copy Share Image
“ Will you have this man to be your husband; to live together in the covenant of marriage? Will you love him,… — Ree Drummond Death Copy Share Image
“ I now pronounce you husband and wife. I hadn’t considered the kiss. Not once. I suppose I’d assumed it would be… — Ree Drummond Family home Copy Share Image
“I’d been reborn since Marlboro Man had entered my life; his wild abandon and unabashed passion had freed me from the shackles… — Ree Drummond Life Copy Share Image
“The shower turned out to be glorious once I adjusted the water to a cool enough temperature so as not to produce… — Ree Drummond Copy Share Image
