Marry Naing grew up in a refugee camp in Thailand. No one had cars. There were no big buildings. There was no electricity. When she looks back on her childhood, she remembers being hungry all the time. They didn’t even have money for food.
When she got older, she could afford to go the camp’s small market. She could buy some meat and vegetables and cook them over the fire she built.
She lives in Greeley now with her husband Tun Linn, her niece, Ei Tun, and her two young children, John and Cherry.
She loves to cook. It’s much easier when you can press a button instead of starting a fire, she said. A favorite is savory porridge with meat for breakfast.
Greeley’s Habitat for Humanity selected the family to receive a home. They’ll break ground soon.
Tun Linn Naing and Marry Naing met and got married in the camp. Both were political refugees from Myanmar. The government approved of killing members of the National League for Democracy. Tun Linn was a member of that party. Marry’s father was part of another party that championed democracy.
They had no papers when they fled from Myanmar to Thailand, but they had their lives.
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