Kochi: Molly, who has taken over a small grocery store run by her husband to feed her family and travel the world with the proceeds from it, has visited eleven countries. Molly also missed the routine of going home to look after her children after their wedding. It was then that the world came to see.
Molly Joy, a native of Chitrapuzha, Ernakulam, is now 61. When her husband Joy died at the age of 46 in 2004, Molly was 42. Their children Joshi was 20 and Jisha was 18. Molly was assisted by Joy, who started a small grocery store near her home in 1996.
In 2012, Mary, a neighbor and a retired government official, was invited to her first foreign trip. The delegation spent 10 days visiting Italy, France, the Vatican, Switzerland and Germany. One and a half lakh rupees was spent.
The second trip in 2017 was to Singapore and Malaysia with five years of savings. The following year it was captured in northern India. Returned to Delhi, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. To Europe in 2019. In 15 days he traveled to Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and France. The most attractive was the luxury cruise from Amsterdam to Rome.
The trip was to the United States in November last year. Visited New York, Washington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. So far, the trips have cost more than Rs 10 lakh. The English side facilitated the journey.
Children and nieces and nephews
Block support
Roofwork contractor son Joshi and daughter Jisha and nieces Jacques and Sleeba are all block support. Children or nieces and nephews do not buy the profits from the store. The shop is run by the daughter-in-law when Molly leaves.
`The good moments of travel are kept in a diary. I still have to go. ‘
–Molly Joy