Kevin's Story

Below is the story of how Kevin, Casey's husband, first experienced "Casey's Song."

It was on the highway—having just left my wife at the hospital—

that I got his text about “Casey’s Song.”

Robbie shot me an ad hoc version of what he had recorded straight

from just his acoustic and solo voice. “Tell me what you think,” he texted, “I

hope I wasn’t inappropriate, or taking it too far.”

So there I am on the highway, with no better warning of the grit and

battle he had put into this little piece about my wife, %ghting against

Leukemia for her life. I press Play, and I hear him sing Casey’s song. While

barreling down the highway. Weeping while driving is not recommended.

But then I get the song over to Casey. There in her hospital room she

covers her jaws with her hands, )ushes red, and %lls her face with tears.

“This…. is for meeeee?!” She is overcome, because the song is a mighty

outlet, a verse that agrees with all the realest things that were going on her

life right then: how her being famous for loving “rainbows” was giving

hundreds around the world a thing to talk to her about; how the welfare of

her newest child, “Delilah,” was of greatest concern because “mama” was

now gone; and how “poison in her blood” was the blunt fact she must now

confront—as blunt as her literalistic 7-year old Elijah who walked in on day-1

and blurted out that critical question, “Mom are you going to die?”

“Inappropriate?” Moving towards it, maybe, and just perfectly. When

they hear it, her kids are proud of the song, because the song itself is proud

of their mama, and this song is not kidding around. I get to watch Casey

listen to it, and when she does, I get to watch her zero in on what is already

true. Have you ever seen a person who is way-low on blood, receive a

transfusion? It is remarkable—the better color sets in immediately, the face

brightens, the spirit rises. The bene%t of receiving that gift is accomplished

right away, literally, and you witness that person’s transformation before your

very eyes.

And so it is, that I enjoy watching Casey hear her song. Which is a

perfect match.

The Handwritten EP is now available HERE