Taylor Swift’s Mom, Andrea Swift, has Cancer

Taylor revealed the the news to her fans on Tumblr this morning.

Taylor Swift shared some heartfelt news with her fans this morning using her Tumblr account. The singer, who uses the website to connect with her fans on a personal level, posted the personal note under a “Read More” that started with “Just so you know”:

Hey guys,

I’m writing to you with an update I wish I wasn’t giving you, but it’s important and I’m used to sharing important events in my life with you. Usually when things happen to me, I process them and then write music about how I feel, and you hear it much later. This is something my family and I thought you should know about now.

For Christmas this year, I asked my mom that one of her gifts to me be her going to the doctor to get screened for any health issues, just to ease some worries of mine. She agreed, and went in to get checked. There were no red flags and she felt perfectly fine, but she did it just to get me and my brother off her case about it.

The results came in, and I’m saddened to tell you that my mom has been diagnosed with cancer. I’d like to keep the details of her condition and treatment plans private, but she wanted you to know.

She wanted you to know because your parents /4/be too busy juggling everything they’ve got going on to go to the doctor, and maybe you reminding them to go get checked for cancer could possibly lead to an early diagnosis and an easier battle… Or peace of mind in knowing that they’re healthy and there’s nothing to worry about. She wanted you to know why she /4/not be at as many shows this tour. She’s got an important battle to fight.

Thank you for caring about my family so much that she would want me to share this information with you.

I hope and pray that you never get news like this.

Love you.

Taylor

The singer, who is notoriously private about her family life, is not revealing information about the kind of treatment her mother has or the diagnosis. There has been no word on whether or not this will change her plans for her world tour. Regardless of what Taylor chooses, her fans are behind her all the way with support coming in from Tumblr, Twitter, and Facebook.