{"id":10840,"date":"2017-06-26T12:29:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T16:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/?p=10840"},"modified":"2017-06-26T12:29:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T16:29:09","slug":"bonnas-fresh-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.cubesmart.dev\/blog\/city-guides\/nyc\/stories\/bonnas-fresh-start\/","title":{"rendered":"A Fresh Start for Susan Bonna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tSusan Bonna is a native of Jamaica who works as a live-in nanny for Orthodox Jewish families.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a very interesting culture,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don\u2019t mix milk and meats. They use separate utensils for that. For some who can afford to, they use separate stoves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Susan, 32, is living with a family in New Jersey after spending six months with a family in Boston. She gives mothers time to rest after they have just had their babies. Sometimes the nannies are hired to stay for two weeks; sometimes for several months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe babies are lovable,\u201d she said. \u201cThey are awesome. Yes, they scream and cry, but they teach patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI try not to bond,\u201d Susan added. \u201cI have to allow the mom to develop that bond. But at the end of the day I cannot help but feel somewhat attached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Susan\u2019s own 5-year-old daughter, Amelia, still lives in Jamaica with Amelia\u2019s father and grandmother. When Susan\u2019s relationship with the father ended after 15 years, she decided to join extended family in the United States two-and-a-half years ago.<\/p>\n<p>She lives in a one-bedroom apartment in Queens, and was visiting our store at 186-02 Jamaica Ave. in Queens to retrieve some of her belongings for her stay with an Orthodox Jewish family in New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted a fresh start,\u201d she said of her migration to the United States. \u201cI could see my way out financially better here than there. I wanted to set the foundation for my daughter. What I would make back home in a month I would make here in a week-and-a-half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Susan regularly visits Amelia, and Amelia has visited Susan here in New York.<\/p>\n<p>In between those visits, the mother and daughter video chat each other three times a day \u2014 \u201cwhen she wakes up in the morning before she goes to school, after school and bedtime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their conversation this morning featured Amelia complaining about the rain and not wanting to go to school. But Susan successfully encouraged her to go. \u201cIt was like a little pep talk,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Three weeks ago, Susan cried when she thought of her daughter attending a ceremony marking the end of the school year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the fact that I have a child and she is so sensible,\u201d Susan said. \u201cShe understands. She communicates. It\u2019s going to be her first graduation. And I\u2019m floored to see her come this far. I was really filled with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10846\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-10846 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cubesmart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Susan-Bonna-Article.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo via John M. White<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Susan says she stays occupied with work. When she was in Boston, she was able to reunite with a fellow Jamaican that she had become friends with first on Facebook. Susan met her in person when the woman showed she had checked into Brooklyn.<\/p>\n<p>Her relatively new life in the United States, her time away from her daughter, and her job that takes her into unfamiliar homes and unfamiliar cultures can all be challenging for Susan. But she said she is happy to take on that challenge for the sake of her daughter\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s either I sink or I swim,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd I\u2019m not going to sink so I have to swim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She would love to return to Jamaica one day and build a home for her and her daughter with the money she has saved working here.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, she is looking forward to her next visit to Jamaica on June 14. She didn\u2019t appreciate her country\u2019s beauty until she left. \u201cI am going to take the opportunity to explore,\u201d Susan said.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Susan Bonna is a native of Jamaica who works as a live-in nanny for Orthodox Jewish families. \u201cIt\u2019s a very interesting culture,\u201d she said. \u201cThey don\u2019t mix milk and meats. They use separate utensils for that. 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