{"id":10981,"date":"2016-11-08T10:21:22","date_gmt":"2016-11-08T16:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ccano.flywheelsites.com\/?p=10981"},"modified":"2022-12-23T08:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-23T14:54:37","slug":"family-affair-therapeutic-services","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ccano.org\/blog\/stories-of-hope\/family-affair-therapeutic-services\/","title":{"rendered":"A Family Affair: Therapeutic Family Services"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published in our 2016 Annual Report<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

It takes an open heart and spirit to welcome a child in need of a nurturing home. For New Orleans\u2019 legendary Romig family, embracing and caring for foster children was part of the family culture. Over the course of 10 years, the Romig family opened their hearts and home to 21 infants who were given the gift of a loving start to life.<\/p>\n

Janice and Jerry Romig always wanted a large family. With four children under the age of 8 \u2013 Jay, Mark, Ann, and Mary Beth – the Romigs lost their fifth child due to Rh Factor incompatibility. Two years later they experienced the loss of their sixth child.<\/p>\n

One afternoon, Jerry, who was working at WDSU-TV at the time, called home to encourage Janice to watch an interview about foster parenting that was set to air during the noon newscast. \u201cWe loved children and wanted to have beaucoup kids,\u201d said Janice.\u00a0 \u201cAfter watching the interview, we talked about it and decided to try foster parenting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Janice and Jerry would pick up foster infants, some as young as two days old, and care for them until the babies were adopted. Their foster children instantly became a part of the Romig family, always with them whether they were cheering on the kids at the ballpark or together on family vacation.<\/p>\n

‘Our hearts are big. We never knew anything different; it was how we grew up,’ – Mary Beth Romig<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The babies stayed in the Romig\u2019s care anywhere from two to six months. When the time came for the babies to join their adoptive parents, Janice created care packages for each foster child \u2013 a thoughtfully packed diaper bag complete with bottles, toys, an outfit, baby pictures, the baby\u2019s feeding and sleep schedule, and a special letter \u201cfrom baby\u201d to their new mother. The letter shared insights about the baby\u2019s unique needs, their likes and dislikes, and loving guidance for their individual care.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur hearts are big. We never knew anything different; it was how we grew up,\u201d recalled Mary Beth Romig who was only five years old when the Romig family welcomed the first foster child into their home. \u201cThis was simply a part of our life. \u201c<\/p>\n

Ten years and 21 foster children later, Janice became pregnant at the age of 44. The Romigs were blessed with their youngest daughter, Ellen. \u201cWe all knew that mom and dad would be blessed with this miracle baby after all they had done for the foster children they cared for,\u201d added Mary Beth.<\/p>\n

The Romigs would go on to care for three more infants awaiting adoption, growing the total number of children they fostered to 24.<\/p>\n

Caring for foster children was a family affair.<\/p>\n

\u201cI couldn\u2019t have managed without Jerry and the children,\u201d said Janice.\u00a0 \u201cJerry would warm the bottles.\u00a0 The kids would help feed the babies, play with them, walk them and rock them to sleep.\u201d Together they marveled and celebrated each baby\u2019s milestones.<\/p>\n

Guided by their Catholic faith, the Romig family was called to love and provide for young children. They hold dear special memories of each child they looked after, and cherish their family\u2019s rewarding foster care journey. Learn more about how YOU can become a foster parent through our Therapeutic Family Services <\/a>program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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