A Girl Named Darlene ... quite simply is a powerful story worth telling and everyone reading. Darlene's story tells the struggles that no child should ever face growing up in a poor and dysfunctional family. Indeed, there was and is something incredibly special about this girl named Darlene. Every struggle she faced brought her to the person she is today. God was by her side from day one and now serves as the guiding beacon for the work she does today.