Taylor Swift's quiet $100,000 donation to a toddler with cancer inspired fans to embody one of her newest lyrics: "We protect the family."
After learning about 2-year-old Lilah Smoot, who's battling stage 4 brain cancer, Swift made a donation to the family's GoFundMe.
Lilah's mother, Katelynn Smoot, has been sharing updates about her daughter's journey on Instagram since the toddler's diagnosis earlier this year, when a seizure at just 18 months old led doctors to discover a mass on her brain. Surgeons removed the tumor, but tests later revealed it was a rare and aggressive form of brain cancer, one of only 58 documented cases in the U.S. last year.
"She will be admitted to the hospital and she will have 3 months of chemo and 3 months of stem cell treatment," the GoFundMe page said. "Help us lessen the burden on their expenses so they can focus on taking care of their baby girl, Lilah!"
Through it all, Smoot has chronicled moments of resilience and hope. "Kids really do fight cancer differently," she wrote Sept. 11. "They have such a strong spirit and they bounce back so quickly."
