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"What's it like being married to James Watt?"
Leilani Watt has had to face hundreds of personal questions about her husband. For three turbulent years, she stood by him while he served the United States as President Reagan's Secretary of the Interior.
"Why is your husband so controversial?"
Seldom in recent history has any gov. official generated as much controversy as James Watt. His verbal bluntness aroused the passions of America. The Beach Boys. Battles with environmental leaders. The letter to Israel's ambassador. Socialism and the Indians. The make-up of his coal commission.
How does a woman feel when her husband is the object of unceasing public ridicule" How can she view the demeaning news reports? Hundreds of cartoons? Scathing editorials? What does she say to her husband? How does she face her friends? Where can she find the strength and encouragement?
For years, Leilani Watt ran from conflict. She avoided any confrontation with her husband's hard-driving personality. She ignored the rude world of hard-ball politics, searching instead for satisfaction in her own separate activities. She was ill-equipped for the turmoil that would engulf her husband.
But can a Christian woman remain emotionally devorced from her husband's life? Leilani Watt could not. As she learned some hard, life-changing principles, she was able to start enjoying her marriage and coping with conflict. Then came the ultimate test.
Leilani Watt has learned that conflict and controversy bring out either the best---or the worst---in her, because they reveal what is already there. In "Caught in the Conflict", you will experience her tumultuous years in the public arena and gain unique insight into the pressures of a Cabinet member's wife. You will live through her struggles to become God's woman. And you will be encouraged when at the height of controversy, she finds the supernatural resources to cope with conflict.
Leilani Watt has had to face hundreds of personal questions about her husband. For three turbulent years, she stood by him while he served the United States as President Reagan's Secretary of the Interior.
"Why is your husband so controversial?"
Seldom in recent history has any gov. official generated as much controversy as James Watt. His verbal bluntness aroused the passions of America. The Beach Boys. Battles with environmental leaders. The letter to Israel's ambassador. Socialism and the Indians. The make-up of his coal commission.
How does a woman feel when her husband is the object of unceasing public ridicule" How can she view the demeaning news reports? Hundreds of cartoons? Scathing editorials? What does she say to her husband? How does she face her friends? Where can she find the strength and encouragement?
For years, Leilani Watt ran from conflict. She avoided any confrontation with her husband's hard-driving personality. She ignored the rude world of hard-ball politics, searching instead for satisfaction in her own separate activities. She was ill-equipped for the turmoil that would engulf her husband.
But can a Christian woman remain emotionally devorced from her husband's life? Leilani Watt could not. As she learned some hard, life-changing principles, she was able to start enjoying her marriage and coping with conflict. Then came the ultimate test.
Leilani Watt has learned that conflict and controversy bring out either the best---or the worst---in her, because they reveal what is already there. In "Caught in the Conflict", you will experience her tumultuous years in the public arena and gain unique insight into the pressures of a Cabinet member's wife. You will live through her struggles to become God's woman. And you will be encouraged when at the height of controversy, she finds the supernatural resources to cope with conflict.
