Happy Mother's Day: Tribute to the Women who Raised & Raise Me [Bonus Mini Episode]

Law Have Mercy! It's a mini bonus episode of the podcast: Mother's Day Edition and our host, Chaz Roberts, is sharing about all the special women and mothers who have made an impact in his life. The episode was originally recorded in March 2024 for International Women's Day but never made it past the cutting floor...until now! Join us as Chaz  sweetly pays tribute to all the mothers who have been essential in his life, both past and present!  

From his own mother's resilience and the nurturing guidance of his grandmother and aunts to his wife who has shown him unconditional love and unwavering support, he shares how the women in his personal life have made all the difference. He also takes a moment to celebrate the women whose incredible dedication has been a driving force behind his business's success.

As we celebrate Mother's Day, we celebrate these stories of persistence, care, and heart and we honor all mothers who've shaped our world and continue to be its unsung heroes. We love you and we appreciate you, Moms! HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY from the Law Have Mercy! crew. 

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This show is co-produced by Carter Simoneaux of AcadianaCasts Network, Chaz H. Roberts of Chaz Roberts Law and Kayli Guidry Bonin of Beau The Agency, and Laith Alferahin.

Chapters

• 0:00 Celebrating Strong Women in My Life
• 8:18 Celebrating Women's Impact and Importance

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:00

On today's episode of Law have Mercy. I want to recognize all of the wonderful mothers out there for Mother's Day. I had originally recorded this episode during International Women's Day and I didn't post it, but I talk about all of the strong women who have contributed to my success and I hope you take this podcast, you take this moment to recognize all of the strong women in your life, and we couldn't do it without you, all of you wonderful women out there. Thank you, and happy Mother's Day, which is International Women's Day. And the reason why I think it is so important is because just about everything good in my life and everything positive has come from women, and so I wanted to take a minute to recognize all of the very important women in my life. And I'll start from the very beginning. My mother, start from the very beginning. My mother, right. So my mother had me a month after she turned 18. Having my first child at 30 years old, I could only imagine the pressure that she was under to have me and what society or her people around her were probably thinking with her being pregnant at such a young age. But she had me and from the minute I was born, she worked her tail off and she's still, to this day, working her tail off. And you know, I got to see firsthand my mom wake up every morning at 4.30, 5 am. Drive to a mill, drive to various jobs to put food on the table was inspiring, and I have no doubt that the level of care I have for people and my work ethic comes from my mother. My discipline comes from my mother, grit. I don't know if my mom knows what grit is, but she definitely exemplified it. And so the next thing is like, because my mom was always working for me to put food on the table, I spent a lot of time with my grandmother.

Speaker 1: 2:19

I spent a lot of time with my aunts. My aunts, because they were younger than my mother, were kind of like sisters for me, and so they taught me how to tie my tennis shoes. They taught me what cool music was like. When I was five years old, they would put me in the back of an old Cadillac and we would spike my hair and they would take me drive through town. And my aunts are still very close to me and my grandmother, who recently passed away, was like a second mom. She taught me how to care about people, how to be compassionate, how to love unconditionally, how to be thoughtful and to never embarrass the family. My mom would be at work. I'd go get sent to the principal's office because I was a little mischievous, right, because my dad wasn't around. So I was looking back, I was probably crying out for some attention. My mother, my grandmother, would go to school and I was like, oh crap, oh crap. The teacher would end up apologizing to me and the principal would apologize to me because my grandmother would get in their ass. Right, she was just a bulldog. She cared so deeply for her loved ones and so, like I would say, the closest five out of the closest six people in my life were women throughout my childhood, and then the next person would be my wife, right? So my wife came into my life at 28, 29 years old and she changed my life forever. The minute I met her, I knew she would be my wife.

Speaker 1: 3:57

I first laid eyes on Beth whenever she was a freshman in college. We were freshmen in college and she was the beautiful girl in class that I definitely did not have the strength to say hello to, and thankfully I'm glad I didn't meet her at that time because I certainly wasn't ready, right. But I met Beth after I graduated law school. One of our friends kind of arranged it, and ever since she's been in my life, everything has gotten better, including my business. Just to let you know how significant she was in my life, she designed my original logo that I still use. She designed it when we were just starting to date, and, as special and beautiful as Beth is and she's an amazing mother too that's a whole different thing. She always supports me unconditionally and she never tries to take the shine away from me. She supports me and I know that's not always the case in every relationship. She lets me be me and I let her be her. And, um, we've done beautiful things together. We've we've, uh, accomplished a lot together, and our best accomplishment is our two beautiful children, jake and Luke. And so, um, I was really, she's really been impactful. I mean, you can see the trajectory of my business before I met Beth and then after, and the reality is, if you have a strong supportive spouse man or woman strong supportive spouse, um, you're really unstoppable. You're really unstoppable, and for me it was Beth.

Speaker 1: 5:52

Next, I want to talk about my team. I met Sasha when I was with the Public Defender's Office. Sasha was in college. She was a young mother as well and she was an intern at the Public Defender's Office. And she came into my life. I didn't have any employees, I had just started on my own, and the way Sasha handled her business I said you know she'd be a good legal assistant. Sasha started working for me part-time. We shared a desk in a one-room office suite and here we are, 12, 13 years later, still working together. She's got my back. I have hers. We've seen our—she was at my wedding. I knew Sasha before I met Beth. She's seen my kids be born and grow up and I've seen her kids grow up and now she's a new mother. She's round two 14 years later. So she's enjoying that experience and she's got some flexibility to work from home a good bit. I'm very proud that I could sort of repay all that sacrifice that she has given to the firm. I'm able to repay that by giving her so much flexibility for her to be that excellent mother, because I know how important being a mother is.

Speaker 1: 7:17

Another person I want to recognize another woman, strong woman in my life is Kaylee, my cousin. She's my dad's sister's daughter. She handles all of our marketing and she has a wealth of experience, a wealth of knowledge. She has come on board and really, really helped define what we're doing here and develop our voice. And she knew me since her whole life and so she sees something that she wants to share with the world that the world maybe hasn't seen before from me and all of her efforts have been in that and I truly appreciate that been in that and I truly appreciate that. I appreciate her sacrifice. She's a mother to two young children and for her to take a step back in her career to help me is truly special.

Speaker 1: 8:18

And last but not least, I want to recognize all my clients that are women. I represent young women, I represent middle-aged women, I represent elderly women and they all have a story to tell. And sometimes it's young, single mothers and I can see my mom. Sometimes it's an older grandmother and I see my grandmother and I see my grandmother, and sometimes, as a happily married woman, I see my wife and everything in between.

Speaker 1: 8:53

But because so much of my life I would say probably 95% of who I am was developed by women, I always have a soft spot for women because I was raised by them and so I know I'm emotional like a woman sometimes and I know their plight. I know the good, the bad, the ugly, but I know how truly special they are and how indispensable women are because, um, oftentimes, especially in Southwest Louisiana, they are the matriarchs, the the whole family unit revolves around the woman, because they are so tough and so nurturing and so caring and so special. So I just want to give a little shout out to all these special women. I love you all. I wouldn't be where I am today without you and the world would be a lot less special place without you. Thank you to all these women, awesome women. Have a good one.