Ronan

This song is dedicated to Ronan, the three year old boy who died because of cancer. In 2010, a few months after his birthday, Ronan Thompson was given a diagnosis of neuroblastoma, an often deadly childhood cancer. He died on May 9, 2011, three days before he turned to 4.

Taylor Swift learned about Ronan from a blog that his Mother, Maya Thompson, began shortly after the diagnosis to keep family and friends informed. Ms. Thompson called the blog http://rockstarronan.com/, but she did not mince words about his illness, and her heartbreak was painfully evident in every update.

Ronan spent his last days in a pediatric hospice in Phoenix with his parents and brothers. After he died, his mother continued to write tearful posts on her blog, which had turned into an open letter to her son. She wrote about a new dislike for flowers, because of what they had come to represent. She wrote about her last words to Ronan: “Let’s get out of here.” She reminisced about his favorite holiday, Halloween, and how he’d run down the hall and play with toy cars on the floor.

In November, Ms. Thompson received a call from a publicist for Ms. Swift, inviting her to meet the singer at a concert in Phoenix. “She told me how she had been reading our blog for over a year, and her parents had been reading it and they were all devastated and touched by it,” Ms. Thompson said. “I remember crying and she was crying.”

People, I cried when I listened to this song.. 

Rest in peace, Ronan, my best 4 years..