In the early morning hours of January 14, 2000, Janell Haworth Desmond slept soundly. On several occasions in the past, she had been awakened from sleep with an urgency to pray for her children. This didn't happen that Friday morning. Instead, she was awakened at 6 a.m. by a phone call that would change her life forever.

My Heart Will Always Cry is the true account of Janell's life as she weaves together a fascinating journey from her exciting entrance into the world, to comical and mischievous childhood incidents and her experience as an unwed mother. She shares...