“Lo Mo,” Tien said. When Dolly didn’t, couldn’t, respond, Tien spoke again. “Lo Mo, I will help you. Don’t cry.” It was the first time Tien had called Dolly Lo Mo. In this torturous moment of dear Yuen Qui’s departing, she had left behind a miracle after all. “I will help you with the rescues, Lo Mo,” Tien said. “I won’t be afraid, and I will work harder than anyone.”
This scene is perhaps my favorite in the book and follows closely to the actual words spoken by both Tien and Donaldina Cameron. Tien has been watching Donaldina for years, and at least, she can open her heart and trust this mother-figure. From this moment on, on the heels of Yuen Qui's death, Tien becomes a fierce and loyal staff member at the mission home. “With the help of a benefactor, H.C. Coleman of Morristown, New Jersey, Tien Fu who was able to attend Stevens’ School in Germantown, Pennsylvania, for four years, and the Toronto Bible school for another two years. She saved enough money to return to China, but, unable to find her family, she returned and devoted rest of her life to the goals of the Mission Home, assisting Donaldina Cameron on rescues, interpreting or her in court, and taking charge of the nursery department … When Tien Fu passed away in 1975, she was buried beside Cameron, who had predeceased her 1968” (See: Unbound Feet by Judy Yung, 40).
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