{"id":804,"date":"2024-05-16T15:30:42","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T15:30:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iamerica.wpenginepowered.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:23:01","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:23:01","slug":"mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/bs\/mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Mery Davis, slu\u017ebenica za ku\u0107nu njegu i \u010dlanica SEIU 1199"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"804\" class=\"elementor elementor-804\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-92ac69d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"92ac69d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-734eeeab\" data-id=\"734eeeab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d13cdc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d13cdc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><\/p>\n<p>Imam vrlo malo fotografija iz svog \u017eivota prije nego \u0161to sam stigao u Ameriku. U nekom trenutku, imala sam sliku mojih sestara i mene kada su posjetile Honduras nakon \u0161to se rodilo moje prvo dijete. Ali kada sam po\u010deo da radim u Americi, neko me je oplja\u010dkao i odneo mi d\u017eepni list u kome sam imao fotografiju. Me\u0111utim, taj gubitak me nije sprije\u010dio da ovdje \u017eivim dobro.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>As a young girl growing up in Honduras, all my friends had boyfriends. Lots of men were in love with me, but I told them, \u201cLeave me alone. I\u2019m studying and playing basketball and playing in the band.\u201d Eventually, I married a man I liked, but didn\u2019t love.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Kada sam imala 13 godina, sanjala sam da \u0107u se udati za Afrikanca: visokog, zgodnog, sna\u017enog nosa, koji je nosio ode\u0107u od zlata, \u0161ampanjca i narand\u017ee, sa crnim \u0161e\u0161irom. Ovaj san bi se ipak ostvario, ali tek 30 godina kasnije.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Moja ameri\u010dka pri\u010da zaista po\u010dinje sa mojim tatom, koji je dao papire za sve nas. Iako mi je bio o\u010duh, zvala sam ga \u201etata\u201c jer me je odgojio. On je naporno radio za nas; niko mu nije mogao re\u0107i da mi nismo njegova &quot;prava&quot; djeca. Zbog njega sam ono \u0161to jesam, i obe\u0107ao sam da \u0107u uzeti njegovo prezime, Davis. Moja majka i mla\u0111e sestre su se prvo preselile u Ameriku. Oti\u0161li su kada sam imao 18 godina, dok sam ja ostao u Hondurasu kod tetke. Pet godina kasnije, sa 24 godine, pridru\u017eila sam im se sa svojim mu\u017eem Leonardom. Zajedno smo imali troje djece.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>U na\u0161oj porodici svaka prva k\u0107erka nosi ime <em>Elizabeth. <\/em>Ja sam Mery Elizabeth. Moja najmla\u0111a se zove Elizabeth Sabrina. Bila sam trudna sa njom kada sam postala dr\u017eavljanka SAD 2001. Danas studira forenziku na Univerzitetu Hauard, sa aspiracijom da postane doktor.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Moj srednji sin, Robert Lee, \u017eivi na Floridi i studira za automobilskog in\u017eenjera. To je oduvek bio njegov san. Svojoj djeci ka\u017eem: &quot;Morate biti neko u \u017eivotu.&quot; On \u0107e ispuniti svoj san. Njegov sin (moj unuk) je Robert III\u2014i tre\u0107a generacija Davisa.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Edvard, moj najstariji, ro\u0111en je i odrastao u Hondurasu. On \u017eivi u Bostonu, dok ja \u017eivim u Chelseaju, Massachusetts. Morao sam da se borim da dovedem sina u Ameriku. Pridru\u017eio se Job Corp., koji obu\u010dava mlade ljude u strukovnim programima i stekao diplomu iz medicinske dokumentacije. Sada radi u gra\u0111evinarstvu, kre\u010denju, popravljanju stanova i mehani\u010darima.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Moj biv\u0161i mu\u017e se vratio u Honduras, a ja sam bila sretna kao samohrana majka. Ali moja deca su mi uvek govorila: \u201eTreba ti partner, jer \u0107emo se jednog dana ven\u010dati pa mora\u0161 da na\u0111e\u0161 de\u010dka.\u201d Robert me je stavio na Fejsbuk, gde mi je neko poslao poruku: \u201eVideo sam tvoj profil i svideo mi se tvoj osmeh.\u201d Iako me je mama uvijek upozoravala: \u201eNe pri\u010daj sa strancima\u201c, sprijateljila sam se sa \u010dovjekom iz Nigerije, koji je u to vrijeme studirao u Maleziji. Na kraju smo po\u010deli da razgovaramo telefonom.<\/p><p>Nakon 5 godina upoznavanja, vjen\u010dali smo se 2019. Nosila sam haljinu od zlata\/\u0161ampanjca jer u njegovoj kulturi mlado\u017eenja i mlada nose iste boje. Kada sam obukla ven\u010danicu, ose\u0107ala sam se kao da mi je san o\u017eiveo. Moj mu\u017e nikada ranije nije bio o\u017eenjen. Savjet njegovog oca je bio da se \u201cbrini o sebi, obrazuj se i onda na\u0111e svoju \u017eenu\u201d. Majka mu je umrla kada je bio de\u010dak, ali njegov otac je imao 114 godina pre nego \u0161to je preminuo! Bio je kralj svog sela u dr\u017eavi Delta, Nigerija, tako da je moj mu\u017e afri\u010dki \u201eprinc\u201c mojih snova.<\/p><p>Pro\u0161le su \u010detiri godine otkako smo se vjen\u010dali, i on \u0107e kona\u010dno uskoro mo\u0107i otputovati u SAD da bude sa mnom. Kao dr\u017eavljanin SAD-a, mogu podnijeti peticiju za njega i on \u0107e na kraju mo\u0107i postati ameri\u010dki dr\u017eavljanin, poput mene. Mogla sam se i ranije sastati sa svojim mu\u017eem, da nije bilo predsjednika na funkciji kada smo se vjen\u010dali. Ipak, kona\u010dno \u0107emo biti zajedno nakon toliko godina \u010dekanja.&nbsp;<\/p><div><br><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-daugher-howard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1617\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-daugher-howard-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-family-crop.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1610\" src=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-family-crop.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Mery-Davis-IMG_1267.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"1606\" 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U nekom trenutku, imala sam sliku mojih sestara i mene kada su posjetile Honduras nakon \u0161to se rodilo moje prvo dijete. Ali kada sam po\u010deo da radim u Americi, neko me je oplja\u010dkao i odneo mi d\u017eepni list u kome sam imao fotografiju. Me\u0111utim, taj gubitak me nije sprije\u010dio da ovdje \u017eivim dobro.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8,11],"tags":[16,15],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-our-stories","tag-first-generation","tag-naturalized-citizen"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mery Davis, home care worker and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/iamerica.org\/bs\/mery-davis-home-care-worker-and-seiu-1199-member\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"bs_BA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mery Davis, home care worker and SEIU 1199 member - iAmerica\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have very few photos from my life before I arrived in America. 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