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Catherine Martines Mortensen

Catherine Martines Mortensen

It is Okay to Have a Life Beyond Motherhood

Somewhere in the late eighties or early nineties there was a cultural shift in parenting in America that dictated mothers needed to put…

May 8, 2022

It is Okay to Have a Life Beyond Motherhood

May 8, 2022

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Childhood adventures with Leslie

Leslie is the consumate perfectionist, the one who wins prizes, ribbons, and approval.

Jan 23, 2022

Childhood adventures with Leslie

Jan 23, 2022

Catherine Martines Mortensen

My Beautiful Mother

When I told my siblings I was going to write about our mother, my sister Leslie said, “You’re braver than I am. You know she’s not going to…

Dec 11, 2021

My Beautiful Mother

Dec 11, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

My Debby Boone and Linda Ronstadt Christmas

I would lie surrounded by my gifts near the tree in the living room for days listening to my records over and over again. I would then jump…

Nov 28, 2021

My Debby Boone and Linda Ronstadt Christmas

Nov 28, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Matthew: One of these kids is not like the others

Matthew Lee Martines was born August 18, 1973 at the hospital at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Our dad…

Oct 17, 2021

Matthew: One of these kids is not like the others

Oct 17, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Andrew: The Man of La Mancha

Andrew has dreamed and achieved many seemingly impossible dreams. I have always admired his passion for travel and adventure. Most of all I…

Oct 10, 2021

Andrew: The Man of La Mancha

Oct 10, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Michael: Our family’s angel

Growing up, Michael was kind, soft-spoken, long-suffering, charitable, meek, and humble. Everything I wasn’t.

Oct 2, 2021

Michael: Our family’s angel

Oct 2, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Forever Friends: The Lunt and Martines Families

My life has been shaped by what I call the Four M’s of my identity: Mormon, Military, Martines, and Mortensen. The Gary and Lorie Lunt…

Aug 24, 2021

Forever Friends: The Lunt and Martines Families

Aug 24, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

My Father, My Hero

By Catherine Martines Mortensen

Jun 20, 2021

My Father, My Hero

Jun 20, 2021

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Trump Needs to be the Listener-in-Chief

With cities across the country erupting in violent protests and Americans feeling a combination of fear, frustration, pain, anger, and…

Jun 3, 2020

Trump Needs to be the Listener-in-Chief

Jun 3, 2020

Catherine Martines Mortensen

Catherine Martines Mortensen

I’m a former TV news anchor, communications director on Capitol Hill, and a national spokesperson who is passionate about telling engaging stories.

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