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Maya Thompson<\/strong>, whose son was the subject of Taylor Swift<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s song \u201cRonan,\u201d shared a message with the singer ahead of her wedding to Travis Kelce<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n After Swift and Kelce, both 36, donated $26 million to several charities<\/a> in the days leading up to their nuptials, Thompson reacted to the duo donating to MSK Kids, the pediatric cancer program at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.<\/p>\n \u201cSeeing that one of the places Taylor and Travis donated to is the pediatric cancer center at Memorial Sloan Kettering has me weepy and emotional today. Taylor found her way into the childhood cancer world after she found Ronan,\u201d she wrote over a video of herself uploaded on Thursday, July 2.<\/p>\n Thompson added that after Swift found her \u201cwords about\u201d Ronan, the \u201cCornelia Street\u201d singer \u201cturned his story into a song.\u201d<\/p>\n Donna Kelce Is All Smiles as She Lands in New York City Ahead of Taylor Swift and Travis\u2019 Wedding<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cShe has been showing up for the kids for over a decade now, and every time she does, I see a thread that leads back to my boy,\u201d Thompson\u2019s text on the video read.<\/p>\n Alongside the video, Thompson continued to further reflect on the donation in the post\u2019s caption. \u201cSloan Kettering is where Ronan was treated. It\u2019s also where the Ronan Thompson Foundation funds clinical trials, so that other kids get the chances he didn\u2019t,\u201d she wrote. \u201cSome love just keeps rippling outward in the best way.\u201d<\/p>\n Swift was introduced to Thompson and her son Ronan\u2019s story while he was battling Stage IV neuroblastoma, which is a rare and aggressive form of childhood cancer. After she found Thompson\u2019s blog, Rockstar Ronan, about his cancer battle, Swift wrote the 2012 track from his mother\u2019s perspective.<\/p>\n The \u201cLove Story\u201d singer later performed the song at a televised Stand Up to Cancer benefit event, and she even credited Thompson as her cowriter.<\/p>\n Ronan died just three days before his fourth birthday on May 9, 2011.<\/p>\n