Foster mom retires after taking in 150 kids

[joeybee12]

She’s known as “Mom Trom” to her 153 children. Yes, 153 children, three of whom are biological and 150 others who have always felt like her own.

“We had always been the family that had everyone else’s kids at the house for the summer. Friends, cousins and second cousins, they were always at our house,” remembers Marlene Tromczynski, 72, of Kent, Ohio.

But it wasn’t just casual visits from friends and family that filled the Tromczynski home, it was foster children, most of whom were fleeing from abusive families and an unhealthy home life.

Since 1974, Tromczynski has taken 150 children, mainly teens, into her home. The first child, Lori Busch, now 54, was 14 when she fled her abusive home and was placed with Tromczynski.

http://www.today.com/moms/foster-mom-retires-after-taking-150-kids-8C11464549

[StrayKat]

1. Refreshing to see someone with such an expansive nature do so much good. n/t

[Lunacee_2013]

2. Wow, what a caring woman.

150?! And I thought my neighbor took in a lot of foster kids (19).

[gopiscrap]

3. wow that's one incredible lady

I was a foster child, so I know very well what an amazing and life saving impact foster care has upon a child's life.