"Trudy Cathy White (Chick-fil-A): You Don’t Leave Your Legacy, You Live It" by Morning Cup of Faith Podcast

Brenda and Shelley highlight mothers with a special Mother’s Day episode that will touch your heart, encourage you, and make you think. Warm and gracious Southerner Trudy Cathy White, the only daughter of legendary Chick-fil-A founder Truett Cathy, speaks about legacy, faith, intentionality and motherhood. Like her father, Trudy is a beloved leader, communicator and entrepreneur, as well as a best selling author. She’s an ambassador for the family business that is now the fastest-growing restaurant chain in the country founded on biblical principles, and she was also the youngest operator of a Chick-fil-A store at the age of nineteen. Trudy is now on a mission to keep her father’s dreams alive.

Trudy speaks about leaving a legacy and what that looks like practically, how faith has shaped her life in both business and her personal life, and how she wants to be an “intentional mother and grandmother.” In Trudy’s new book “A Quiet Strength” she details the life of her colorful mother, Jeannette M. Cathy, the true heart and soul of the Truett family. Trudy shares, “My mother had a habit of standing at the door as we were heading to school and saying, 'Remember who you are and whose you are.' Those were powerful words! I always felt motherhood was a special calling from the Lord. No one else can play that role for my children. I don’t think there is any greater reward or joy than investing in the lives of my children."

Trudy is fueled by her passion to be “intentional” with her influence and she just launched a new inspiring podcast called “Along the Way,” a heartwarming collection of true stories and life lessons from her personal life. Trudy states, “For me, intentionality means clarity about priorities to determine what really matters to you. You need to understand your purpose in life because that will bring clarity to your priorities and you will focus your time on what matters most to you. One of the practical ways I’m intentional about my time is I’ll sit with my calendar and block off time I want to be intentional with my husband, children or grandchildren. I put all of those things in my calendar first.”

Trudy is full of unshakeable faith and wisdom that comes from a life well-lived. The founder of two Gospel-centered ministries Impact 360 Institute and Lifeshape, Trudy adds, “The legacy you leave is the life you’re living now. You don’t leave a legacy, you live a legacy.”