'From the outside it was shining, but from within, it was burning', so Kuriakochen assessed about the family situation at that time. He brooded with the idea of getting a job. Thommachen wanted him to go into business. But raising capital for investment was the problem. So Thommachen thought, the best solution was to get him married with a rich family.

Madathiparambil Joseph Joseph (Ouseph) was a rising business man. He was doing business in jaggery and vegetables. He invested his money in rubber estates paddy fields and coconut estates. He had three daughters and two sons. The two elder daughters were married. The youngest daughter Rosamma was on the verge of leaving girlhood, for she was going to be fifteen years old very soon. She was studying in sixth standard at the church school.

Thommachen and Ouseph were good friends in the business. They shared each other's view. But there were contrasts. Ouseph was shrewd and arrogant whose characteristics were a mixture of abundant energy, vitality, physique and quick reflexes. Making money has never been enough for him. Thommachen was a proud, profane, scheming, vital man who enjoyed the luxuries of life without any sense of value for the money.

When Thommachen and Ouseph met one evening over a drink, Thommachen proposed Kuriakochen's marriage with Rosamma. Ouseph readily accepted it. They shook hands and raised their glasses. That evening, the marriage of Kuriakochen with Rosamma was fixed.

Kuriakochen had extravagant notions of beauty, grace, wit and charm. He couldn't notice any of these qualities in Rosamma. He considered it a very unsuitable combination and tried through domestic persuasion to change the decision of Thommachen. But it was in vain. They were married in a solemn ceremony at St. Mary's church, Changanassery in September 1927.

The marriage chemistry between Kuriakochen and Rosamma worked very well throughout their married life. There were cooperation and harmony, loyalty and faith, love and friendship. My father even allowed my mother to continue her education till she decided to quit school due to family commitments.

Kuriakochen soon started a business, a textile shop in Changanassery. They continued to stay in Angady where their children, John, James, and Thomas were born. Later he bought a house in Vazhappally and moved to that house where the rest of the children George, Jose, Sebastian and Lissamma were born.

As soon as my mother was conceived each time, they put their faith in God, prayed immensely for the new coming baby. They were delighted and enchanted with their children from the time each child was born. Mother was in charge of the children when they were in the primary school. When they began turning into secondary school, father took charge.

Heredity and environment never influenced my father. The shadow of the financial obligations of Thommachen always followed him. They had known poverty, but still with determination and faith they worked hard and raised their children. Educating children was of paramount importance to them.

God in His infinite mercy had given Kuriakochen and Rosamma the wonderful opportunity that they lived together and led a peaceful and fruitful married life for fifty one years. Then it was God's choice that took him first to the heavenly life on 7th January 1979. Next to almighty God, my mother loved him with all her heart, all her soul and all her mind.

My mother passed away on 30th March 1996.