CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — After a challenging journey to bring her family safely to the United States from Ukraine, a woman in Chapel Hill says now she needs to make them feel more at home.
Anna Myronova welcomed her mother, grandmother and sister-in-law into her Chapel Hill home in March. Since then, she has been working to socialize them with her community.
What You Need To Know
- A woman in Chapel Hill safely brought her family from Ukraine to North Carolina
- Anna Myronova welcomed her mother, grandmother and sister-in-law into her Chapel Hill home in March
- Myronova is working to socialize her family with her community and make them feel more at home
- One way Myronova and her family are bringing a piece of Ukraine to Chapel Hill is by cooking traditional Ukrainian dishes and sharing them with the community
Still, Myronova said they miss Ukraine every day.
“USA is [a] wonderful country, but home is home,” Myronova said. “They did not come to build business or [a] career here — which most immigrants are coming to [the] U.S.A. with this purpose. They came for safety and they miss home and want to go home.”
One way Myronova and her family are bringing a piece of Ukraine to Chapel Hill is by cooking traditional Ukrainian dishes and sharing them with the community that welcomed them.
The family prepared borscht, varenyky and other Ukrainian dishes for the American Legion: Chapel Hill Post No. 6.
Myronova’s grandmother, Vasylyna Halushkevych, said she knows her way around the kitchen. Halushkevych has been cooking dishes like borscht since she was 10 years old.
“I like to cook, and I think I’m pretty good at it,” Mryonova translated for her grandma. “Typically, people like everything that I cook, so I’m pretty confident the American veterans are going to be happy.”
As the family cooks for veterans here, Myronova and her family are constantly checking in with her father, who is back in Ukraine fighting. Myronova said it’s his calls that give them hope that the war will be over soon.