This book is not a sustained narrative, except in the sense that love is woven throughout.
-- Ree Drummond (Introduction)

Importance: This quote reflects how the themes of love and connection permeate the text. Throughout the discrete topics that Ree discusses – Marriage, Motherhood, Family, Ranching Life, and New Territories (as identified in the section headings) – the anecdotes are linked by the central roles of love and family in Ree’s life. The use of the word “woven” emphasizes how the theme of love links and connects these experiences, serving as a thread while Ree ‘weaves’ together different aspects of her life into a single narrative.

We went on to have three more children, the ranch settled into a more healthy place, I started an unexpected career, and Ladd and I have always reflected (and laughed) about how far we’ve come from that shaky first year of matrimony, when the tears, vomit, and breast milk...
-- Ree Drummond (Our Worst First Year)