DOMINIQUE DYNES

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An educator and entrepreneur living abroad and encouraging others to follow their dreams.

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    Motherhood: One Giant Interruption
    • 2 days ago
    • 8 min

    Motherhood: One Giant Interruption

    Sometimes motherhood feels like one interruption after another, or in some ways one giant interruption. But what if that’s the whole...
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    Make traveling more luxurious in 3 steps.
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 2 min

    Make traveling more luxurious in 3 steps.

    After spending much of my career in the air for four years, I learned a few tricks of the trade traveling to make the layovers a little more
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    This Beach is Worth the Crocodile Crossing
    • Apr 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    This Beach is Worth the Crocodile Crossing

    Despite the fear and the questionable decision we made to trek through the jungle, the view on the other side when we made it was UNBELIEVAB
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    Hiking the Barranca
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hiking the Barranca

    One of the prettiest views is not too far out of town, it’s La Barranca. It’s a large canyon with beautiful views, hiking paths and biodiver
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    Preschool Entertainment Off the Screen
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 4 min

    Preschool Entertainment Off the Screen

    Now that we're rounding the corner on nearly a year of lockdown and in our case with zero school happening face to face, it's been a lot...
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    Saying Yes and No.
    • Jan 31, 2021
    • 5 min

    Saying Yes and No.

    He says “Sometimes what you don’t do is just as important as what you do do. The reality is saying yes to any opportunity by definition requ
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    Won't you be my neighbor?
    • Nov 14, 2020
    • 4 min

    Won't you be my neighbor?

    Growing up, we had a neighborhood gang. Two girls lived next door that perfectly fit into the ages of my brother and I, meeting when we...
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    Stepping on Legos
    • Oct 7, 2020
    • 6 min

    Stepping on Legos

    I think we can all collectively cringe when we imagine the horrible sensation we experience when stepping on Legos. As a mom, I’ve felt...
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    ¡Viva México! - the gift of immigration
    • Sep 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    ¡Viva México! - the gift of immigration

    Mexico has welcomed us with open arms, given us a chance to create a life, a community and a home. People often ask us if we will move to th
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    There's no Shame in Taking up Space
    • Sep 7, 2020
    • 5 min

    There's no Shame in Taking up Space

    “I decided that people-pleasing, fear, and politeness weren’t the hallmarks of a well-lived life, nor were their ugly companions: passive ag
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    Magic in the Nostalgia
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Magic in the Nostalgia

    There’s a sort of magic found in the nostalgia of seeing your own children fall in love with something you once loved as a child.
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    Choosing to See Color with Our Children
    • Jun 30, 2020
    • 4 min

    Choosing to See Color with Our Children

    We're about to travel back to the states and for the first time we chose to intentionally talk to our young children about race. We felt as
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    Call it brilliant or dumb. I call it survival.
    • May 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Call it brilliant or dumb. I call it survival.

    Bedtime turned into an ugly and long drawn-out process, so though it's probably not what most parenting books recommend, it's working today.
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    Pockets of Sunshine
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 4 min

    Pockets of Sunshine

    There are moments in the day that it seems that we've accepted this new normal. It doesn't feel too bad. In the mornings, the kids and I...
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    Princesses & Potty Training
    • Apr 3, 2020
    • 4 min

    Princesses & Potty Training

    Good news: Zoe is now potty trained. Bad news: The day after we started training her, all the girls wore princess dresses (except Zoe)
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    You still have a choice
    • Mar 24, 2020
    • 3 min

    You still have a choice

    And it's easy to dwell on all the unknowns, the news, the dishes, the laundry, the never-ending list of things...
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    Bonding in Quarantine
    • Mar 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    Bonding in Quarantine

    It shall definitely be a period of growth, patience, love and grace as we do what we can to keep ourselves from going crazy.
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    Silence
    • Mar 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Silence

    Silence says more than words at times. Yesterday, in Mexico, history was made as we women were silent.
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    Bravo to the Latinas
    • Feb 4, 2020
    • 3 min

    Bravo to the Latinas

    In my world, living in Mexico, married to a Peruvian, raising a bicultural son and daughter, I'm proud that Zoe will have examples of women
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    Trust your Limits
    • Jan 22, 2020
    • 3 min

    Trust your Limits

    I bought a new shirt last week that says "Trust your Limits". When I first bought this shirt, I didn't love it. I like to think that the...
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