{"id":5625,"date":"2026-06-29T17:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T22:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T23:39:14","slug":"thank-you-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625","title":{"rendered":"Thank You!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going.<\/p>\n<p>Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop&#8217;s blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea.<\/p>\n<p>But then it happens.\u00a0 Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote.\u00a0 Often it&#8217;s someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested in my random thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>So while yes, writing this every week is in many ways a cheap substitute for therapy,\u00a0 it does make me very happy that every once in a while someone else actually reads it and sometimes resonates with them.<\/p>\n<p>So thank you.\u00a0 I appreciate you more than you will ever know.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop&#8217;s blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens.\u00a0 Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote.\u00a0 Often it&#8217;s someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested in my random thoughts. So&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\r\n\r\n{excerpt}\r\n\r\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-its-all-love"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.9 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop&#039;s blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it&#039;s someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Becky P\"\/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.9\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Knotty Things - Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thank You!! - Knotty Things\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop&#039;s blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it&#039;s someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"505\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-29T22:15:58+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-06-21T23:39:14+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myknottythings\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Thank You!! - Knotty Things\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop&#039;s blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it&#039;s someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#blogposting\",\"name\":\"Thank You!! - Knotty Things\",\"headline\":\"Thank You!!\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/thank-you.jpg\",\"width\":639,\"height\":505},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-29T17:15:58-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-21T18:39:14-05:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"It's All Love\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=27#listItem\",\"name\":\"It's All Love\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=27#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"It's All Love\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=27\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#listItem\",\"name\":\"Thank You!!\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Thank You!!\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?cat=27#listItem\",\"name\":\"It's All Love\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"Becky P\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Becky P\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2\",\"name\":\"Becky P\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"Becky P\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625\",\"name\":\"Thank You!! - Knotty Things\",\"description\":\"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop's blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it's someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?author=2#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/04\\\/thank-you.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":639,\"height\":505},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/?p=5625#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-29T17:15:58-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-06-21T18:39:14-05:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/\",\"name\":\"Knotty Things\",\"description\":\"Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/beckypalmer.me\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Thank You!! - Knotty Things","description":"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop's blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it's someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested","canonical_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#blogposting","name":"Thank You!! - Knotty Things","headline":"Thank You!!","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg","width":639,"height":505},"datePublished":"2026-06-29T17:15:58-05:00","dateModified":"2026-06-21T18:39:14-05:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#webpage"},"articleSection":"It's All Love"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=27#listItem","name":"It's All Love"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=27#listItem","position":2,"name":"It's All Love","item":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=27","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#listItem","name":"Thank You!!"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#listItem","position":3,"name":"Thank You!!","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=27#listItem","name":"It's All Love"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#person","name":"Becky P","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Becky P"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2","name":"Becky P","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/18642b59f463f5f5960ff233dd1981dbefa914fde2d46bd2ca3bcc5a2672413c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"Becky P"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#webpage","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625","name":"Thank You!! - Knotty Things","description":"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop's blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it's someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?author=2#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625\/#mainImage","width":639,"height":505},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2026-06-29T17:15:58-05:00","dateModified":"2026-06-21T18:39:14-05:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#website","url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/","name":"Knotty Things","description":"Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Knotty Things - Unraveling the mysteries of life and love with facts, felines, and fun","og:type":"article","og:title":"Thank You!! - Knotty Things","og:description":"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop's blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it's someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested","og:url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625","og:image":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg","og:image:width":639,"og:image:height":505,"article:published_time":"2026-06-29T22:15:58+00:00","article:modified_time":"2026-06-21T23:39:14+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myknottythings\/","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:title":"Thank You!! - Knotty Things","twitter:description":"There are days I really wonder why I keep this blog going. Many Sunday afternoons I stare at my laptop's blinking cursor cursing myself for thinking this was a good idea. But then it happens. Out of nowhere someone mentions something I wrote. Often it's someone who I never would have thought was vaguely interested","twitter:image":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"5625","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":{"focus":{"keyphrase":"","score":0,"analysis":{"keyphraseInTitle":{"score":0,"maxScore":9,"error":1}}},"additional":[]},"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":"","og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"BlogPosting","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":"-1","robots_max_videopreview":"-1","robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":"default","local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"created":"2026-06-21 23:39:14","updated":"2026-06-30 15:50:52","ai":{"faqs":[],"keyPoints":[],"schemas":[],"titles":[],"descriptions":[],"socialPosts":{"email":[],"linkedin":[],"twitter":[],"facebook":[],"instagram":[]}},"seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=27\" title=\"It&apos;s All Love\">It's All Love<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tThank You!!\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me"},{"label":"It's All Love","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?cat=27"},{"label":"Thank You!!","link":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/?p=5625"}],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/thank-you.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5626,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5625\/revisions\/5626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beckypalmer.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}