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Mary Bate

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Lots to update on since the last post…

By the way, I've never used this multi-caption thing before so bear with my jolted writing. It was essentially a single letter originally 😂

To start out, I've moved out and a random little tuxedo cat spawned into my life. I've never been the biggest fan of cats, especially since I'm allergic to them, but surprisingly I've not had an issue with Stinky Pete (he’s literally 20% of the post so I think you could already see that)! He's very goofy and spunky.

(Thank you Caitlyn for crocheting this awesome lil guy! Great work!!)

My roommate, Abby, is a huge encouragement to me. God sure does know how to put good friends in our lives that point us to Him. I literally couldn't have a better roommate.

I've been spending most of my time pushing carts and practicing self-control at the guest service desk in the new Target in Seneca. It was a cool experience to set up a box store from the ground up, but as you can imagine, retail gets old quick. I'm learning to be content where God has me right now in life.

At least I have funny coworkers, and as always, the best sunsets are in the parking lot.

(lol)

Before I started to work at Target, I was able to do some gig work this summer, including catering at the Garrison arena and Memorial Stadium, and some Hub City baseball.

I was so sad to say goodbye to summer ball, but I'm so excited to be back with the Clemson video family for football this year!

Speaking of family, my grandpa had his Vietnam Honor flight and we are so proud of him!

I'm also proud of my brothers and Bella, who all graduated earlier this summer from high school!

Veda and I are very proud sisters!

On the same lines of family, I'm sad to say that I've had some members of my family at heart pass on. My neighbor’s sweet dog Diva has passed. I spent an entire week with pretty much just her this summer while my neighbors were away. It's incredible how much you bond with a creature when it's just you and them. I miss her very much and I know my neighbors do, too.

Also, my brother in Christ, Erick, went to be with the Lord. It is very difficult to continue going about my day sometimes when someone who I've seen three by @marybate25

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🐅 Clemson Video Spring '26 🎥

"It's a good day to drown your sorrows with video." -Camden Mounts 🤡 I'm so incredibly thankful for this crew right here! Working with Clemson Video made my college years worth all the studying 😂

• That shot of the moon was one of the coolest things I've ever shot and I'll never forget it! 🤩

• I was struggling to stay awake in the video crew package because that was before the game got interesting (and I was running on 4 hours of sleep), but we ended up coming back and I was full of adrenaline at that point so I made up for it 😌

• @jfolsomjr put Clemson's ChatGPT deal to good use when someone left their food out overnight after writing "Do Not Trash" on it and it became a museum exhibit 🙃

"Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ." -Colossians 3:23-24 by @marybate25

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🌼 Spring '26 🌧️

What a semester to end off my senior year with... Waterfalls, baptisms, surprise engagement parties, volleyball games, graduations, ceremonies, recitals, showcases, senior day games, presentations, concerts, baseball games, manned rocket launches, and blowing off steam with some of my favorite people!

"And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus." -Philippians 4:19 by @marybate25

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"Slow down, you're gonna crash!"

2 majors and a minor in 3 years? But why not save yourself the stress and stay all 4?

"Well, look out, [SWU] take your blinders off... Everybody's lookin' for a way to get real gone..."

Thank you to @swurec_sport and @swu_tech_team for making those 3 years worth it and shaping my future. So much love to you guys! 🫶 Thank you Jesus for the lessons you've taught me through being at SWU and your faithfulness when I had a hard time swallowing the reality pills... I couldn't have done any of it without Him! 🤍 Thank you Mom and Dad for helping me get through my bachelor's degree! 🫂 Thank you to my brothers for keeping it fun when it got boring... 😛🫂💯 taken in Southern Wesleyan University by @marybate25

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🍁 October '25 - February '26 ❄️

'CAUSE I'M A PUNK ROCKER, YES I AM 🤘🕺🎸

YES, OCTOBER 2025, and I'm posting in March of 2026... Halloween and Christmas all in one post 🥲🙏

James 1:17: "Every good and perfect gift is from above..." Lots of group selfies and random pics without context this post around 😁 I finally had time to sort through photos and make a post during spring break 😂 by @marybate25

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🤍 July - September '25 🤍

Currently taking too many credits and working too many jobs to be writing out captions by way of free style poetry 🙏😂 My phone has a h o r r i b l e camera, and I'm a mediocre photographer, but God is - as always - the most amazing artist, awesome storyteller and wonderful friend!

Warning: No. 18 is a close up of my post-surgical eye bc I think the contrast between the blue and red is really cool... If blood freaks you out here's you a fair warning 🤷‍♀️ by @marybate25

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🇺🇸🤠🎆🦅🔥WE THE PEOPLE, in order to form a more perfect union... establish sports like baseball, football, and basketball; insure annual celebrations for living in a free country; provide libraries like @andersoncountylibrary that allow kids to freely enjoy reading books like Shoeless Joe & Me by @dangutmanbooks (and because I read 10 of his books as a kid for the library's summer reading program I got vouchers to go to Greenville Drive games for FREE); promote free speech, free thinking, and free religion; secure the blessings of burgers, ammo, and sweet tea; to ourselves and our prosperity; do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. ✒️🔥😌😭😂

Thank you Jesus for 20 years on this planet Earth as of July 3, and allowing me to live in a country where I can watch movies like Space Jam, blast music like Born in the U.S.A. out of the car, participate in education to learn songs like the Preamble to the Constitution by Schoolhouse Rock, work in sports broadcasting for a team with a literal cheeseburger for a mascot, wear goofy get-up to celebrate holidays as a young woman without being thrown in prison, and openly give you all the glory and minister to others around me without fear of persecution. You truly have blessed the U.S.A.; help us never to take it for granted. Amen! 🔥🦅🎆🤠🇺🇸

Btw thank you @v.3.d.a for being a photographer, helping me attempt to be photogenic, doing my hair and makeup for the 4th of July, and rescuing my 'MURICA sunglasses from the trash can in the 3rd pic after I accidentally dropped them in 🤍 taken in Greenville Drive at Fluor Field by @marybate25

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If you thought you saw this already... You did. 😂 Post started bugging so I had to repost 😔🙏💀

Anyway, hi guys, this is a midsummer brainrot post 🇺🇸🦅🔥💪🙌 raw milk raw honey cacao powder (gotta bounce bro)

1. Aura farming at River Forks (I remember my South Carolinian privilege of being 5-10 minutes from a bajillion lake access points 🙏 Thank you Bella for harvesting the aura crop yield)
2. Peak aesthetic at The Common House
3. Mawwiage is what bwings us togethaw today (My fantastic cousin got hitched)
4. WW3 foreshadowing for Toby Keith night at the ballpark 🙏🙌🦅🇺🇸🔥
5. Rain delays + rain covers + camera heat + hot humidity = sauna
6. So glad I moved my head out of the way in time 😇🤭🎀💅 (I was terrified, that ball sounded like a gunshot hitting the wall dawg) 💀💀💀💀
7. More WW3 foreshadowing with enlightening family discussions
8. Getting that church internship grind at VBS 🙌💪
9. Aura farming for the brother (I'm forcing him to study kinesiology so he can be my personal trainer and I get a discount someday)
10. Aura farming for the other brother (Social anxiety fears this man)
11. They complained that I blew out the bass on the van, but once they acquire the van they do this dawg 💀 (Also it was nice to see Isaac back in town)
12. The third brother Chris (and literally everyone else we know) ran away to work at camp (I ate his chocolate animal crackers)
13. Turns out Timmy's not quite as wimpy as we all thought
14. "This is what I was doing when I was your age" type video 🤍
15. I flushed my savings account down the toilet (I named it Raw Honey)
16. Someone said di beattt🐝🐝🐝🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸🛸NNGG YEWLLLRECEIVE WILL BE TAN!TA!LIZ!ING! to this car before I bought it butttt I don't get them dents buffed, pulled, filled, or painted by nobody
17. So I'm gonna stay, I'm not gonna have to bounce (the interior is impeccable, no seed oil stains anywhere)
18. Yea this is that folding table car dawg, 2006 Honda CR-V LX 4WD
19. mitigate your emf exposure mitigate your blue light exposure fantastic raw milk raw honey cacao powder
20. raw hONEEEEIIIIIYYYYY🎀🤭💅 arAW🎛️🎚️🎧💿 raw HONNEEIIIY🎀🤭💅 cuhCOW POWDUR 😎🤙🍃 by @marybate25

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New account (I'm back on Insta 🤷‍♀️) ✅
New academic status (Sophnior? Junomore?! 🤓) ✅
New love for the outdoors (Excited to go on a hike?! 🏞️) ✅
New job opportunities (Clemson Video & Hub City 🐅🍔) ✅
New hurricane experience (No power, but there's football 🏈) ✅
New major (Media comm AND sport management?! 🎥⚾) ✅
New party trick (Can fly a drone👩‍✈️) ✅
New city visited (Tuscon, and it's about time fr 🌵) ✅
New bridge to go under (Free rent type beat 🥴) ✅
New interests (Psychology & automotive things 🧠🏎️) ✅
New dislike (Painting for an elective class 🖌️🙅‍♀️) ✅
New media title (ExecutiveProducerMediaIntern, SEND HELP) ✅
New vehicle to drive (But I miss that minivan bro 🚗🚐) ✅
New sibling level (We're friends who go out for Taco Bell 🌮) ✅
New catering coworkers (We bring home all the leftovers 👩‍🍳) ✅
New spot to shred the keys (Dr. Barker walked in on me 💀) ✅
New jamesh spot (Worshiping with the gang after lunch ✝️) ✅
New favorite pic (Timmy in the backyard just being lil bro 🥰) ✅
New default in Photoshop (Editing Lewis... SETH WYD 😐🤨) ✅
New spiritual emphasis speaker (Soccer team 😀) ✅

Bye 24-25, you had me like 📈📉📈 and I wouldn't have had it any other way. Without the Holy Spirit's guidance and Jesus interceding on my behalf before the Father, I wouldn't be here to say how good He is and how much He loves us. His Glory Alone🙏🤍 by @marybate25

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