Taylor Swift Meets With Taylor Rayburn, 6-Year-Old Fan With Cancer

Taylor Swift met with a six-year-old fan named Taylor Rayburn, who is battling cancer, at her Atlanta, Ga., concert over the weekend.

Taylor Swift MeetsYoung Fan Taylor Rayburn With Cancer

Rayburn’s mother Allison Rayburn brought her young cancer-stricken daughter to the 1989 tour stop on Saturday as a surprise belated birthday gift. The mother and daughter were fortuitously seated not far away from Swift’s mother, Andrea Swift, who ultimately arranged for Rayburn to meet her idol.

“We surprised Taylor this weekend and took her to see her favorite artist and very first concert ever!” Allison Rayburn wrote on Facebook. “She wasn’t able to celebrate on her real birthday so we thought we would surprise her and take her…no idea her dream of meeting her would come true!”

“Taylor’s sweet mom was in the audience and took us back stage to meet her. So thank you Mrs. Andrea and Taylor Swift for making my child’s year! She needed this!” Allison added. “Taylor and her entourage were the sweetest and most humble people. She is just like you see on tv…I think we were all star struck!:) This is a night she will always remember!!

Speaking of her daughter, Allison said, “She left saying, ‘I can’t tell if this is a dream or for real!’ So amazing!”

Swift included a picture of Rayburn in a montage of photos from the Atlanta concert.

“Tonight was magical,” Swift wrote. “I [love] you Atlanta.”

Rayburn was diagnosed with Stage 3 Wilms’ tumor, a rare form of kidney cancer that mostly affects children, April 27 of this year, reported the Tuscaloosa News. In June, she underwent surgery at Alabama Children’s Hospital to remove a small tumor.