The mother of Ronan Thompson, who inspired Taylor Swift’s track “Ronan,” penned an emotional online tribute to Tatiana Schlossberg.

Maya Thompson, whose blog detailed her late son’s battle with neuroblastoma and moved Swift, 35, to pay her respects through her art in 2012, took to Instagram on Sunday, November 23, to reflect on Schlossberg’s essay for The New Yorker that detailed her own terminal cancer diagnosis.

Maya included a screenshot of the essay, published by the outlet one day prior and serving as the first public reveal of Schlossberg’s diagnosis, alongside a lengthy message to her followers.

“Tatiana is not imagining this pain. She is living inside it. She is trying to memorize the faces of the people she loves. She writes about her son and how she watches him play, trying to

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