Mandy Raquel

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How to Do ‘Adulting’ the Right Way

‘Adulting’ isn’t hard if you allow yourself to enjoy the little perks that come with being an adult. Adulting is hard! That is a complaint I’ve heard far and wide across the vast majority of my peers. Nobody wants to deal…

Custom Made With Love

At the start of the pandemic there was a lot of confusion and uncertainty. We were forced to social distance and stay inside, away from everything and everyone we loved. Most of us looked to better ourselves and finally dive…

Family is Everything Even on TV

Growing up in a Mexican American family I had a lot of cousins to bond with, and considered them unofficial siblings. Our aunts and uncles showed us unconditional love, as well as the true meaning of family. We learned to…

How Christian Grey is Edward Cullen in Disguise

The Twilight Saga Books were a HUGE part of my early 20’s. I recall discovering Twilight and practically speed reading it in almost one sitting. Stephenie Meyer, the genius author of this series managed to create the plot line from a dream…

DoorDash, I Wish I Knew How to Quit You

How my relationship with DoorDash got out of hand during the pandemic. During the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020, both my husband and I, like the rest of the world stopped going to the office for work. I…